Dicranucha crateropis
| Dicranucha crateropis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dicranucha |
| Species: | D. crateropis |
| Binomial name | |
| Dicranucha crateropis (Meyrick, 1921) | |
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Dicranucha crateropis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Zimbabwe.[1][2]
The wingspan is 15-16 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, with a band along the costa and the terminal third sprinkled with dark fuscous. There are small blackish spots on the base of the costa and dorsum and sometimes a small mark between these. The stigmata are large, round and blackish, the plical beneath the first discal. There is a similar spot on the dorsum beneath the second discal and a submarginal row of large irregular blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light grey.[3]
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