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Dichomeris caerulescens

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Dichomeris

Dichomeris caerulescens is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is found in India (Assam).

The wingspan is 14-15 -mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, with strong bluish-leaden reflections. The stigmata is rather large, blackish, the plical somewhat before the first discal. The is an ochreous-whitish dot on costa at two-third. There is a terminal series of blackish dots. The hindwings are grey.

References

Dichomeris caerulescens Wikipedia