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Dichomeris horiodes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Dichomeris

Dichomeris horiodes is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas).

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous with the costa slenderly suffused grey from the base to two-thirds. The dorsal two-fifth is obscurely suffused with grey from near the base to the tornus and the discal stigmata is black, the first somewhat elongate. There is a terminal streak of dark grey suffusion from the apex to near the tornus. The hindwings are light grey.

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Dichomeris horiodes Wikipedia