Dichomeris orthacma

Dichomeris orthacma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. orthacma
Binomial name
Dichomeris orthacma
(Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Picroptera orthacma
  • Megacraspedus taphrites Meyrick, 1937

Dichomeris orthacma is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1926.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are white irregularly sprinkled with fuscous and with a rather broad fuscous median streak from the base to the apex, the upper edge mixed with dark fuscous. There is a black dot on the fold beneath the middle of the wing and a marginal series of black dots on the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are whitish-grey.[3]

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