Dicranucha legalis

Species of moth

Dicranucha legalis

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
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

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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.

Taxon identifiers

Dicranucha legalis|

* Wikidata: Q13572709
* AfroMoths: DICRLEGA
* CoL: 35TK5
* EoL: 930290
* GBIF: 1851641
* iNaturalist: 662166
* IRMNG: 10255357
* LepIndex: 100847

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