Dichomeris siranta

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

Dichomeris siranta 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 16–17 mm. The forewings are ochreous, sometimes tinged with fuscous and with the costal edge fuscous. The stigmata is dark fuscous, the first discal conspicuous, others little marked, the plical somewhat beyond the first discal. There is a narrow fuscous terminal fascia, widest beneath the apex and narrowed to the tornus. There is also an interrupted dark fuscous terminal line. The hindwings are dark grey.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris siranta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
^ Dichomeris at funet
^ J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (1): 179

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris siranta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.

[2] Dichomeris at funet

[3] J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (1): 179

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