Dichomeris aphanopa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in South Africa's North West and in Zimbabwe.[2]
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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. aphanopa
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| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris aphanopa Meyrick, 1921
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The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are pale grey closely irrorated (sprinkled) with dark purple fuscous. The stigmata are cloudy, darker and hardly traceable, the plical beneath the first discal. There is a somewhat more distinct spot edged posteriorly with grey midway between the first discal and the base. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris aphanopa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dichomeris aphanopa Meyrick, 1921". Afromoths. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 83 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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