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Dichomeris ampliata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Dichomeris

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.

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.

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Dichomeris ampliata Wikipedia