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Dichomeris hexasticta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dichomeris
Species:	D. hexasticta
Binomial name
Dichomeris hexasticta Walsingham, 1911

Dichomeris hexasticta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, in 1911. It is found in Mexico (Guerrero).

The wingspan is about 18 mm (0.71 in). The forewings are pale straw-ochreous, with a black spot at the extreme base which is produced outward in a thin line along the costa, nearly to the middle, and is narrowly margined beneath with whitish ochreous. Before the middle of the wing is a group of four conspicuous black spots, three on the cell arranged as an equilateral triangle with the apex outward, the fourth on the fold below and a little beyond the lower of the three. Beyond these at the end of the cell are two similar spots, the upper a little beyond the lower and there is a series of six to eight much smaller black spots along the termen and around the apex. The hindwings are greyish cinereous.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Dichomeris hexasticta​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
2. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Dichomeris". FUNET. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
3. Biologia Centrali-Americana Lep. Heterocera 4 : 94 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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