''Trichembola fuscata'' is a

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in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. 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 ...

. The

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is 15–16 mm. The forewings are brown or fuscous, sprinkled with dark fuscous. The plical and second discal stigmata are darker and obscure, with the plical linear. There is a very oblique indistinct darker cloudy line from one-third of the costa to the lower angle of the cell. The hindwings are dark grey.Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923)
''Exotic Microlepidoptera''. 2 (4): 116.

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Trichembola Moths described in 1918 {{Gelechiinae-stub