Dicranucha legalis

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

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

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish fuscous. The stigmata cloudy, blackish, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are grey whitish. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 14, 2014). "Dicranucha legalis (Meyrick, 1921)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dicranucha legalis (Meyrick, 1921)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 91 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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