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

Dichomeris pelitis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Assam, India.

The wingspan is 17–19 mm (0.67–0.75 in). The forewings are pale brownish ochreous with the costal edge pale ochreous yellowish. The stigmata is blackish, the discal moderate, the plical small, rather beyond the first discal. There is a small dark fuscous mark on the costa beyond the middle, and a row of dark fuscous dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. There is also a faint pale curved subterminal line, slightly indented opposite the apex. The hindwings are fuscous.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Dichomeris pelitis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris pelitis (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 179. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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