Dichomeris lupata

Dichomeris lupata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species: D. lupata
Binomial name
Dichomeris lupata
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Hypelictis lupata Meyrick, 1913

Dichomeris lupata is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in India (Assam).[2]

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are glossy dark violet-fuscous with an oblique ochreous-whitish strigula on the costa at three-fourths and a faint line from this to the tornus. There is an ochreous-yellow streak along the termen from the apex to near the tornus, attenuated downwards, with three acute projecting teeth anteriorly. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3]

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