Dichomeris ostensella

Dichomeris ostensella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. ostensella
Binomial name
	Dichomeris ostensella; (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
	Gelechia ostensella Walker, 1864;

Dichomeris ostensella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864.^[1] It is found in Guyana and Amazonas, Brazil.^[2]

Adults are coal black, the forewings with a deep cupreous-black patch in the disc and a submarginal band of the same colour. There are two intermediate black cinereous-bordered dots and a few minute black marginal dots. The hindwings are dark cupreous.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
^ Savela, Markku. "Dichomeris ostensella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 618

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[1] Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.

[2] Savela, Markku. "Dichomeris ostensella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 5, 2018.

[3] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 618

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