Dichomeris monococca
| Dichomeris monococca | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dichomeris |
| Species: | D. monococca |
| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris monococca (Meyrick, 1921) | |
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Dichomeris monococca is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in Mozambique.[2]
The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish-grey with some scattered blackish scales between the veins and a cloudy blackish dot in the disc at one-fourth. There is a small oval whitish spot in the disc before the middle, edged anteriorly with blackish and followed by a blackish elongate blotch. The plical stigma is cloudy, blackish and nearly beneath the whitish spot. There is a cloudy whitish dot on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are grey.[3]
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