Dichomeris cocta

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

Dichomeris cocta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.^[1] It is found in Assam, India.^[2]

The wingspan is 17–18 mm (0.67–0.71 in). The forewings are ochreous fuscous, the costal edge suffused with yellow ochreous. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the discal approximated, the plical obliquely before the first discal. There are some dark fuscous dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. 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 cocta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
^ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris cocta (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via FUNET.
^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 179. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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

[2] Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris cocta (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via FUNET.

[3] Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 179. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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