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Dichomeris saturata
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D. saturata
Binomial name
Dichomeris saturata
Meyrick, 1923

Dichomeris saturata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1923.[1] It is found in Brazil (Para).[2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm (0.59 in). The forewings are light reddish-ochreous suffusedly mixed ferruginous and with the basal half of the costa suffused ferruginous with a blue gloss. The base of the dorsum is dark grey. The stigmata is blackish, the plical and first discal rather large, the plical rather posterior, these two connected by irregular grey suffusion, the second discal smaller. There is some blackish speckling towards the termen. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris saturata​". 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 2: 621