''Dichomeris decusella'' is a
moth in the family
Gelechiidae. It was described by
Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
,
India and
Yemen (
Socotra).
The
wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are pale brownish testaceous (reddish yellow), speckled with black and with some short oblique fuscous streaks along the costa, as well as a few groups of scales at the middle and the end of the cell, as well as on the dorsum before the tornus and at the termen. There is also one erect black dorsal patch at one-sixth from the base. The hindwings are brownish grey, somewhat iridescent along the middle.
''Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums'' 3 (1): 2
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References
Moths described in 1864
decusella
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