Dichomeris antisticta

Dichomeris antisticta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. antisticta
Binomial name
	Dichomeris antisticta; (Meyrick, 1929)
Synonyms
	Cymotricha antisticta Meyrick, 1929;

Dichomeris antisticta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1929. It is known from southern India.^[1]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are light ochreous-grey with the costal edge ochreous-whitish from the base to beyond the middle. There is a small cloudy grey spot in the disc at one-fourth and the anterior stigmata are small, blackish, with the plical beneath the first discal, the second discal dark grey. There is an ochreous-whitish mark on the costa at two-third, preceded by some dark grey suffusion and with a very fine pale zigzag line from this to the tornus. There is a marginal series of black dots around the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are rather dark grey.^[2]

The larvae feed on Terminalia tomentosa.

References

^ Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
^ Exot. Microlep. 3 (16): 511

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[1] Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Exot. Microlep. 3 (16): 511

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