Dichomeris planata

Dichomeris planata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. planata
Binomial name
	Dichomeris planata; (Meyrick, 1910)
Synonyms
	Trichotaphe planata Meyrick, 1910;

Dichomeris planata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910.[1] It is found in northern India.[2]

The wingspan is about 18 mm (0.71 in). The forewings are light greyish ochreous tinged with tannish peach and with the costal edge ochreous whitish. The stigmata is dark fuscous, with the discal nearly approximated, the plical obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris planata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris planata (Meyrick, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
Records of the Indian Museum. 5: 222.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris planata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris planata (Meyrick, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.

[3] Records of the Indian Museum. 5: 222.