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Dichomeris tristicta

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Dichomeris tristicta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. tristicta
Binomial name
Dichomeris tristicta
Busck, 1914

Dichomeris tristicta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1914.[1] It is found in Panama.[2]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are light ochreous brown with a round black dot in the middle of the cell, another at the end of the cell and a similar one on the fold, all slightly edged with reddish brown. The base of the coastal edge black and there is a series of small black dots around the apical edge. The hindwings are dark brownish fuscous.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Dichomeris tristicta​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. ^ "Dichomeris Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  3. ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47 (2043): 17Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.