Dichomeris rubidula

Dichomeris rubidula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. rubidula
Binomial name
Dichomeris rubidula
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Trichotaphe rubidula Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris rubidula is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in South Africa (Mpumalanga).[2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are fuscous sprinkled with reddish-brown, with a few black scales. The costal edge is whitish-ochreous from near the base to beyond the middle. The stigmata is dark fuscous, the plical beneath the first discal. There is an indistinct pale greyish-ochreous nearly straight transverse shade at three-fourth, slightly indented above the middle. The hindwings are grey.[3]

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