Dichomeris tristicta

Dichomeris tristicta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. tristicta
Binomial name
Dichomeris tristicta Busck, 1914

Dichomeris tristicta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1914.[1] It is found in Panama.[2]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are light ochreous brown with a round black dot in the middle of the cell, another at the end of the cell and a similar one on the fold, all slightly edged with reddish brown. The base of the coastal edge black and there is a series of small black dots around the apical edge. The hindwings are dark brownish fuscous.[3]

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Dichomeris tristicta​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
2. "Dichomeris Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
3. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47 (2043): 17 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.