Dichomeris physocoma

Dichomeris physocoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. physocoma
Binomial name
	Dichomeris physocoma; Meyrick, 1926

Dichomeris physocoma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1926.^[1] It is found in Sierra Leone.^[2]

The wingspan is about 13 mm (0.51 in). The forewings are violet-grey with a small whitish-ochreous spot on the costa before three-fourth and minute blackish marginal dots around the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are rather dark grey.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris physocoma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (9): 286

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris physocoma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.

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

[3] Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (9): 286

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