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Dicranucha sterictis

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Dicranucha sterictis
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D. sterictis
Binomial name
Dicranucha sterictis
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia sterictis Meyrick, 1908

Dicranucha sterictis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa (Gauteng) and Zimbabwe.[1][2]

The wingspan is 15-16 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous tinged with yellow-ochreous and with the extreme base of the costa dark fuscous. The stigmata are small, blackish, the plical obliquely before the first discal, the second discal larger. There is a row of ill-defined blackish dots immediately before the termen and apical portion of the costa. The hindwings are pale whitish-grey.[3]

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