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Dichomeris cyprophanes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Dichomeris

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Dichomeris cyprophanes is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).

The wingspan is 14-15 mm. The forewings are deep blue-purple, towards the apex and termen becoming bright coppery. There is a faint oblique coppery strigula on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are grey.

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Dichomeris cyprophanes Wikipedia