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Dichomeris ligyra

Synonyms: Trichotaphe ligyra

Wikipedia Abstract

Dichomeris ligyra is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa (Gauteng). The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are bronzy-fuscous with the costal edge dark fuscous. There is a more or less developed oblique dark fuscous streak from the costa near the base, reaching half across the wing and there is an irregular blackish-fuscous fascia beyond one-third, edged with pale yellowish, the anterior edge straight, the posterior convex, broadest in the middle, where it is centrally suffused with ground colour, hardly reaching the costa. There is an oblique blackish-fuscous fascia from the middle of the costa, edged with pale yellowish, centrally suffused with ground colour in the disc, reaching two-thirds across the wing, its apex obliq
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0