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Dichomeris plexigramma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Dichomeris

Dichomeris plexigramma is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1922. It is found in the Guianas, Brazil (Amazonas) and Peru.

The wingspan is 18-20 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, variably streaked dark brown suffusion between the veins, more strongly in the disc and forming oblique wedge-shaped streaks in the cell. There is sometimes a pale shade near and parallel to the termen. The hindwings are dark grey.

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Dichomeris plexigramma Wikipedia


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