Dichomeris triplagella

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

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

Adults are fawn-coloured, the forewings thickly speckled with blackish and mostly tinged with chalybeous. There are three brown patches, the first and second irregularly triangular, the first resting on the interior border before the middle and the second resting on the costa beyond the middle. The third forms a submarginal band. The hindwings are cupreous.[3]

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