Dichomeris brachymetra

Dichomeris brachymetra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. brachymetra
Binomial name
	Dichomeris brachymetra; Meyrick, 1923

Dichomeris brachymetra is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1923.^[1] It is found in Peru.^[2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm (0.47 in). The forewings are pale ochreous irregularly irrorated with grey and with the costal edge from the base to beyond the middle whitish very shortly strigulated dark fuscous. The plical and first discal stigmata are dark fuscous, the plical somewhat anterior. The hindwings are light grey.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris brachymetra". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 2: 620

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

[2] Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[3] Exotic Microlepidoptera 2: 620

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