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Dichomeris cocta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Dichomeris

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

The wingspan is 17–18 mm. The forewings are ochreous-fuscous, the costal edge suffused with yellow-ochreous. The stigmata is dark fuscous, the discal approximated, the plical obliquely before the first discal. There are some dark fuscous dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.

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Dichomeris cocta Wikipedia