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Dichomeris monococca

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Dichomeris monococca is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Mozambique.

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish-grey with some scattered blackish scales between the veins and a cloudy blackish dot in the disc at one-fourth. There is a small oval whitish spot in the disc before the middle, edged anteriorly with blackish and followed by a blackish elongate blotch. The plical stigma is cloudy, blackish and nearly beneath the whitish spot. There is a cloudy whitish dot on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are grey.

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Dichomeris monococca Wikipedia


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