Dicranucha legalis

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

References

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

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[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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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