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Dichomeris tepens

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Dichomeris

Dichomeris tepens is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Madagascar.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are ferruginous-ochreous with a cloudy ferruginous-fuscous dot in the disc at one-fourth. The stigmata is moderate, cloudy, ferruginous-fuscous, the plical somewhat before the first discal, the second discal transverse. The hindwings are light grey.

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Dichomeris tepens Wikipedia