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Dichomeris fluctuans

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Dichomeris

Dichomeris fluctuans is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Peru.

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are violet-brown, the costal edge light yellowish. The stigmata is hardly darker, small, the plical beneath the first discal. There are two cloudy ochreous-yellowish dots on the costa towards the apex and indistinct darker marginal dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are dark fuscous.

References

Dichomeris fluctuans Wikipedia