Dichomeris caerulescens
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dichomeris |
| Species: | D. caerulescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris caerulescens (Meyrick, 1913)
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Dichomeris caerulescens is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Assam, India.[2]
The wingspan is 14–15 mm (0.55–0.59 in). The forewings are dark fuscous, with strong bluish-leaden reflections. The stigmata is rather large, blackish, the plical somewhat before the first discal. There is an ochreous-whitish dot on costa at two-thirds. There is a terminal series of blackish dots. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris caerulescens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris caerulescens (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via FUNET.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 180.
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