Dichomeris ostensella

Dichomeris ostensella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. ostensella
Binomial name
Dichomeris ostensella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia ostensella Walker, 1864

Dichomeris ostensella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Walker in 1864.[1] It is found in Guyana and Brazil (Amazonas).[2]

Adults are coal-black, the forewings with a deep cupreous-black patch in the disc and a submarginal band of the same colour. There are two intermediate black cinereous-bordered dots and a few minute black marginal dots. The hindwings are dark cupreous.[3]

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