Dichomeris frenigera

Dichomeris frenigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. frenigera
Binomial name
	Dichomeris frenigera; (Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
	Hypelictis frenigera Meyrick, 1913;

Dichomeris frenigera is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.^[1] It is found in India (Assam).^[2]

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are dark violet-fuscous, with slaty-grey reflections and a very fine whitish curved or bent line from two-thirds of the costa to the tornus. There is an ochreous yellow or orange apical patch, with the anterior edge somewhat convex, enclosing two or three fuscous wedge-shaped spots on the termen. There is also a more or less developed fine black line around the apex and termen. The hindwings are rather dark fuscous.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris frenigera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
^ Dichomeris at funet
^ J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (1): 171

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris frenigera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.

[2] Dichomeris at funet

[3] J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (1): 171

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