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Dichomeris charonaea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Dichomeris

Dichomeris charonaea is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Sri Lanka.

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous, with a leaden gloss sprinkled with blackish but without other defined markings. The hindwings are fuscous.

References

Dichomeris charonaea Wikipedia