Dicranucha legalis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Mozambique.[1][2]

Dicranucha legalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dicranucha
Species:
D. legalis
Binomial name
Dicranucha legalis
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia legalis Meyrick, 1921

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish fuscous. The stigmata cloudy, blackish, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are grey whitish.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 14, 2014). "Dicranucha legalis (Meyrick, 1921)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dicranucha legalis (Meyrick, 1921)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  3. ^ Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 91 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.