Dicranucha crateropis

Dicranucha crateropis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dicranucha
Species: D. crateropis
Binomial name
Dicranucha crateropis
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia crateropis Meyrick, 1921

Dicranucha crateropis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Zimbabwe.[1][2]

The wingspan is 15-16 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, with a band along the costa and the terminal third sprinkled with dark fuscous. There are small blackish spots on the base of the costa and dorsum and sometimes a small mark between these. The stigmata are large, round and blackish, the plical beneath the first discal. There is a similar spot on the dorsum beneath the second discal and a submarginal row of large irregular blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light grey.[3]

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