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Dichomeris geochrota

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Dichomeris

Dichomeris geochrota is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1914. It is found in southern India.

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are light ashy grey irrorated with fuscous, with the extreme costal edge ochreous-whitish. There is a cloudy dark-brown dot in the disc at one-fourth. The stigmata is dark brown, obscure, the discal approximated, the plical hardly before the first discal, the second discal connected with the dorsum by an irregular dark brown line. There is a fine indistinct irregular ochreous-whitish transverse line at four-fifths, forming a small distinct spot on the costa and there are also several blackish dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are grey.

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Dichomeris geochrota Wikipedia