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Dichomeris ostensella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Dichomeris

Dichomeris ostensella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Walker in 1864. It is found in Guyana and Brazil (Amazonas).

Adults are coal-black, the forewings with a deep cupreous-black patch in the disc and a submarginal band of the same colour. There are two intermediate black cinereous-bordered dots and a few minute black marginal dots. The hindwings are dark cupreous.

References

Dichomeris ostensella Wikipedia