Dichomeris specularis

Dichomeris specularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. specularis
Binomial name
	Dichomeris specularis; (Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
	Battaristis specularis Meyrick, 1918;

Dichomeris specularis is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918.^[1] It is found in southern India and Sri Lanka.^[2]

The wingspan is 8–9 mm. The forewings are pale grey with a dark fuscous dot in the disc at one-fourth. The stigmata is dark fuscous, with the plical beneath the first discal and a dorsal dot beneath the second discal. There is also a curved or bent whitish line from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus, with the apical area beyond this dark purplish-grey. The hindwings are grey.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris specularis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
^ Dichomeris at funet
^ Exotic Microlep. 2 (5): 142

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

[2] Dichomeris at funet

[3] Exotic Microlep. 2 (5): 142

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