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Dichomeris ostensella

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Dichomeris ostensella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. ostensella
Binomial name
Dichomeris ostensella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia ostensella Walker, 1864

Dichomeris ostensella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864.[1] It is found in Guyana and Amazonas, Brazil.[2]

Adults are coal black, the forewings with a deep cupreous-black patch in the disc and a submarginal band of the same colour. There are two intermediate black cinereous-bordered dots and a few minute black marginal dots. The hindwings are dark cupreous.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Dichomeris ostensella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  3. ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 618 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.