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Dichomeris aprica

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Dichomeris aprica is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is known from southern India (Karnataka).

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are yellow-ochreous, tinged with ferruginous and with several short oblique blackish strigulae on the costa between one-third and three-fourth. The dorsal half is obscurely suffused with ferruginous and irrorated with fuscous. The hindwings are dark grey, but lighter and thinly scaled anteriorly.

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