Dichomeris ptychosema

Dichomeris ptychosema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. ptychosema
Binomial name
Dichomeris ptychosema
Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris ptychosema is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in India (Assam).[2]

The wingspan is 14-17 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, strigulated with fuscous and dark fuscous irroration and with a small dark fuscous spot on the base of the costa, a short mark in the middle, another beyond three-fourth, and several dots between these. There is also a small blackish-fuscous spot on the fold at one-fourth. The second discal stigma is moderate, dark fuscous, with the plical and first discal minute or obsolete, the plical beneath the first discal. The hindwings are iridescent-grey.[3]

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