Dichomeris aequata

Dichomeris aequata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. aequata
Binomial name
Dichomeris aequata
Meyrick, 1914

Dichomeris aequata is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in Guyana and Brazil.[2]

The wingspan is 13-16 mm. The forewings are light greyish-ochreous, irrorated with fuscous except towards the costa anteriorly. There is a small blackish dot on the base of the costa and the stigmata is moderate, blackish and obscurely whitish-edged, the plical beneath the first discal. There is a faint pale greyish-ochreous slightly curved shade from three-fourth of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus and there is a row of blackish dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]

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