Dichomeris asteropis

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

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

The wingspan is 20-21 mm. The forewings are pale greyish-ochreous, sometimes faintly pinkish-tinged, rather thinly irrorated with dark grey. There is a cloudy grey dot midway between the first discal stigma and the base. The stigmata is cloudy, dark grey, each accompanied by a minute white dot, the plical somewhat before the first discal, the second discal transverse or double. There is a slightly oblique streak of grey suffusion from beneath the second discal stigma to the dorsum and a faint spot of pale suffusion on the costa at three-fourths, as well as some minute white marginal dots around the termen and tornus. The hindwings are grey.[3]

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