''Dichomeris mesoctenis'' is a
moth in the family
Gelechiidae. It was described by
Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in
Australia
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, where it has been recorded from
Queensland.
The
wingspan is about . The forewings are fuscous, sprinkled with obscure brown strigulae and minute blackish dots. The costal edge is dark fuscous at the base, then rosy brown to three-fourths. There is some darker suffusion towards the dorsum near the base. The stigmata are small, blackish and accompanied by some white scales, the plical rather before the first discal. There is also a small blackish mark on the dorsum at four-fifths. The hindwings are grey.
[Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923)]
''Exotic Microlepidoptera''. 2 (14): 434.
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References
Moths described in 1921
mesoctenis
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