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Dicranucha sterictis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dicranucha
Species:	D. sterictis
Binomial name
Dicranucha sterictis (Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
Brachmia sterictis Meyrick, 1908

Dicranucha sterictis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Gauteng, South Africa.

The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous tinged with yellow ochreous and with the extreme base of the costa dark fuscous. The stigmata are small and blackish, the plical obliquely before the first discal, the second discal larger. There is a row of ill-defined blackish dots immediately before the termen and apical portion of the costa. The hindwings are pale whitish grey.

References

1. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 14, 2014). "Dicranucha sterictis (Meyrick, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dicranucha sterictis (Meyrick, 1908)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
3. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1908: 727. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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