Dichomeris famosa

Dichomeris famosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. famosa
Binomial name
Dichomeris famosa
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Trichotaphe famosa Meyrick, 1914

Dichomeris famosa is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (East Kasai), Malawi and Zimbabwe.[2]

The wingspan is 14-16 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-ashy-fuscous. The stigmata is very obscure, blackish, with the discal approximated, the plical beneath the first discal, the second discal transverse. The hindwings are grey.[3]

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