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 family Gelechiidae. 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]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris orthacma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
^ Afro Moths
^ Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 23 : 332

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

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 23 : 332

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