Dichomeris chlorophracta

Dichomeris chlorophracta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. chlorophracta
Binomial name
Dichomeris chlorophracta
Meyrick, 1921
Synonyms
  • Epicharta chlorophracta
  • Epicharta gnomonodes Meyrick, 1926

Dichomeris chlorophracta is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in Zimbabwe.[2]

The wingspan is 12[3]-17 mm. The forewings are dark violet-fuscous with a moderate whitish-ochreous costal streak at the base extending to dorsum, at three-fourths with a triangular expansion where a narrow transverse fascia runs to the dorsum before the tornus, continued around the apical portion of the costa and termen to the dorsal end of the fascia as a slender streak dotted with dark fuscous. The hindwings are light grey.[4]

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