Dichomeris specularis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918.[1] It is found in southern India and Sri Lanka.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dichomeris |
| Species: | D. specularis
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| Dichomeris specularis (Meyrick, 1918)
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The wingspan is 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in). The forewings are pale grey with a dark fuscous dot in the disc at one-fourth. The stigmata are dark fuscous, with the plical beneath the first discal and a dorsal dot beneath the second discal. There is also a curved or bent whitish line from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus, with the apical area beyond this dark purplish grey. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References edit
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris specularis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris specularis (Meyrick, 1918)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (5): 142.
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