Dicranucha sterictis
| Dicranucha sterictis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dicranucha |
| Species: | D. sterictis |
| Binomial name | |
| Dicranucha sterictis (Meyrick, 1908) | |
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Dicranucha sterictis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa (Gauteng) and Zimbabwe.[1][2]
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, 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.[3]
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