| Dichomeris ostensella | |
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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. ostensella |
| Binomial name | |
| Dichomeris ostensella (Walker, 1864) | |
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Dichomeris ostensella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Guyana and Amazonas, Brazil.
Adults are coal black, the forewings with a deep cupreous-black patch in the disc and a submarginal band of the same colour. There are two intermediate black cinereous-bordered dots and a few minute black marginal dots. The hindwings are dark cupreous.
References
- Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
- Savela, Markku. "Dichomeris ostensella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
- List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 618
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