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Dichomeris marginata

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Dichomeris marginata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. marginata
Binomial name
Dichomeris marginata
(Walsingham, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Brachycrossata marginata Walsingham, 1891

Dichomeris marginata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, in 1891.[1] It is found in Gambia.[2]

The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The forewings are pale fawn-brown with a discal spot before the middle and a band of even width from the apex to the anal angle, but not reaching the costal margin, greyish fuscous. There is also an obscure outwardly oblique costal streak of the same colour before the apex and a very faint indication of a second spot at the end of the cell. The hindwings are greyish-fuscous.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Dichomeris marginata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. ^ Afro Moths
  3. ^ Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1891 (1) : 99Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.