Dichomeris acrochlora

Dichomeris acrochlora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. acrochlora
Binomial name
Dichomeris acrochlora
(Meyrick, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Hypelictis acrochlora Meyrick, 1905

Dichomeris acrochlora is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1905. It is known from Sri Lanka[1] and India.

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are dark shining purplish-bronzy-fuscous with a hardly paler obtusely angulated transverse line from four-fifth of the costa to the tornus. The apical distorted portion is pale shining ochreous. The hindwings are fuscous, paler towards base and the subdorsal hairs are pale whitish-ochreous.[2]

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