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Dichomeris exallacta

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Dichomeris exallacta
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D. exallacta
Binomial name
Dichomeris exallacta
(Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Cymotricha exallacta Meyrick, 1926

Dichomeris exallacta is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1926.[1] It is found in Peru.[2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are light grey, suffusedly irrorated whitish towards the costa and dorsum from about one-third onwards. The stigmata is cloudy, obscurely and indistinctly darker, the plical rather obliquely before first the discal. There is an obtusely angulated obscure whitish transverse shade at four-fifths, the terminal area beyond this suffusedly irrorated whitish. There are also indistinct dark grey marginal dots on the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light grey.[3]

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Dichomeris exallacta​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. ^ Dichomeris at funet
  3. ^ Exot. Microlep. 3 (9): 287