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Dichomeris summata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Dichomeris

Dichomeris summata

Dichomeris summata is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is found in India (Assam), China (Yunnan) and Taiwan.

The wingspan is 12–16 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous or yellow-ochreous, sometimes strewn with strigulae of fuscous irroration. There is a streak of dark fuscous suffusion or irroration along the costa from the base to four-fifth and a black dot beneath the costa near the base. The stigmata is black, with the discal approximated, the plical often little marked, beneath the first discal. There is a small apical spot of dark fuscous suffusion. The hindwings are pale grey, thinly scaled anteriorly.

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