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Dichomeris famosa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Dichomeris

Dichomeris famosa is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1914. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (East Kasai), Malawi and Zimbabwe.

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-ashy-fuscous. The stigmata is very obscure, blackish, with the discal approximated, the plical beneath the first discal, the second discal transverse. The hindwings are grey.

References

Dichomeris famosa Wikipedia