Dichomeris decusella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] India and Yemen (Socotra).[3]
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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. decusella
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| Dichomeris decusella (Walker, 1864)
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The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are pale brownish testaceous (reddish yellow), speckled with black and with some short oblique fuscous streaks along the costa, as well as a few groups of scales at the middle and the end of the cell, as well as on the dorsum before the tornus and at the termen. There is also one erect black dorsal patch at one-sixth from the base. The hindwings are brownish grey, somewhat iridescent along the middle.[4]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Dichomeris decusella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Dichomeris decusella (Walker, 1864)". Afromoths. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
- ^ Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums 3 (1): 2
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