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Dichomeris lutea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Dichomeris

Dichomeris lutea is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Park and Hodges in 1995. It is found in Taiwan.

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are orange, but pale orange along the anterior margin. There is a large dark brown discal spot near the end of the cell, a small spot before the middle of the cell, a narrow brown postmedial fascia, as well as four or five dark brown stigmata along the termen. The hindwings are grey.

References

Dichomeris lutea Wikipedia