Dichomeris ampycota is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is known from Sri Lanka.[1]

Dichomeris ampycota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dichomeris
Species:
D. ampycota
Binomial name
Dichomeris ampycota
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Holaxyra ampycota Meyrick, 1913

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are purplish fuscous, suffused with ferruginous brownish except towards the costa anteriorly. The costal edge and cilia are ferruginous from three-fourths to the apex and the stigmata are obscure and dark fuscous, each marked with a grey-whitish dot. The discal is approximated and the plical smaller, rather before the first discal. There is also a spot of dark fuscous suffusion on the dorsum rather beyond the second discal. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Ponomarenko, M. G. (October–November 1997). "Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 50: 1–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2013.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 176.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.