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 family Gelechiidae. 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]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris famosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
^ Afro Moths
^ Exot. Microlep. 1 (7): 202

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris famosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Exot. Microlep. 1 (7): 202

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