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Dichomeris squalens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. squalens
Binomial name
Dichomeris squalens Meyrick, 1914

Dichomeris squalens is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Guyana and Brazil.

The wingspan is 12–13 mm (0.47–0.51 in). The forewings are greyish ochreous or pale fuscous, sprinkled with darker fuscous. The markings are rather dark brown, consisting of a small spot on the fold at one-fourth, the stigmata moderate, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. There is an additional dot more or less marked before and above the first discal and there is an irregular indistinct paler line from three-fourths of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus, somewhat curved outwards and indented above the middle, edged with brown suffusion posteriorly. There is also a series of blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Dichomeris squalens​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
2. Savela, Markku, ed. (2 May 2019). "Dichomeris squalens Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via FUNET.
3. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 282. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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