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Dichomeris crepitatrix

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Dichomeris

Dichomeris crepitatrix is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is found in southern India.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are ochreous-brown, with scattered dark fuscous scales and a blackish streak irregularly interrupted and spotted with ground colour extending along the costa from the base to three-fourths. The stigmata is undefined, fuscous, with the discal approximated, the plical rather before the first discal. A streak of blackish irroration runs along the termen, suffused with grey anteriorly. The hindwings are iridescent-grey.

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Dichomeris crepitatrix Wikipedia