Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Dichomeris | |
Dichomeris pyrrhopis is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Brazil (Amazons).
The wingspan is 12-16 mm. The forewings are ferruginous-orange, in males sprinkled with ferruginous and the costa suffused ferruginous. The hindwings in males are dark fuscous, towards the base more or less variably suffused orange. The hindwings of the females are greyish-orange.
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