Dicranucha crateropis

Dicranucha crateropis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Zimbabwe.^[1][2]

The wingspan is 15-16 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, with a band along the costa and the terminal third sprinkled with dark fuscous. There are small blackish spots on the base of the costa and dorsum and sometimes a small mark between these. The stigmata are large, round and blackish, the plical beneath the first discal. There is a similar spot on the dorsum beneath the second discal and a submarginal row of large irregular blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light grey.^[3]

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