Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Dichomeris | |
Dichomeris gorgopa is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in New Guinea.
The wingspan is 32–34 mm. The forewings are dark purple-fuscous with a whitish basal dot in the middle, a small elongate subcostal spot at one-fifth and a large cloudy spot beneath the middle of the costa, as well as some scales along the fold towards the base, and a small cloudy spot above the fold beyond the middle. There is also an oval deep orange blotch occupying the termen, sprinkled dark fuscous towards the anterior edge. The hindwings are blackish with a broad deep orange terminal fascia extending to below the middle of the termen.
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