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Dichomeris pyrrhitis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Dichomeris

Dichomeris pyrrhitis is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

The wingspan is 15-16 mm. The forewings are ferruginous-brownish, irregularly mixed with rather dark grey and with the costal edge ochreous. The stigmata is deep ferruginous-brown, the plical beneath the first discal, a similar less marked dot midway between the first discal and the base. There is a more or less developed small pale ochreous spot on the costa at two-thirds. The hindwings are dark grey.

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Dichomeris pyrrhitis Wikipedia