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Dichomeris cuspis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Dichomeris

Dichomeris cuspis is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Park in 1994. It is found in south-eastern Siberia, Korea and China (Shaanxi).

The length of the forewings is 7.2-7.7 mm. The forewings are uniform dark fuscous, shining blue leaden-metallic with a dash-shaped yellowish-white strigula at three-fourth on the anterior margin. The hindwings are dark grey.

The larvae feed on Quercus acuteserrata.

References

Dichomeris cuspis Wikipedia