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Dichomeris thyrsicola

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Dichomeris

Dichomeris thyrsicola is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is found in India (Assam).

The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The forewings are greyish-ochreous, with a few scattered black scales and with the costa suffused with dark grey except towards the apex, where it is tinged with crimson. The stigmata is indicated by small indistinct spots of grey suffusion, the discal approximated, the plical rather before the first discal. The hindwings are rather dark grey.

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Dichomeris thyrsicola Wikipedia