Dichomeris thermophaea

Dichomeris thermophaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. thermophaea
Binomial name
Dichomeris thermophaea
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Sirogenes thermophaea Meyrick, 1923

Dichomeris thermophaea is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1923.[1] It is found in Brazil and Peru.[2]

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are ochreous-brown. The stigmata is rather large, blackish, obscurely pale-edged, the plical slightly before the first discal. There is a faint curved ochreous line from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus and dark fuscous marginal dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

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