Dichomeris ampliata

Dichomeris ampliata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. ampliata
Binomial name
Dichomeris ampliata
Meyrick, 1913
Synonyms
  • Gaesa ampliata Meyrick, 1925

Dichomeris ampliata is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is known from north-eastern India and Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 22–23 mm. The forewings are violet-fuscous, with the extreme costal edge pale ochreous except towards the base. The stigmata is obscure, dark fuscous, the discal approximated and the plical slightly before the first discai. There is a series of dark fuscous dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are fuscous.[2]

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