Thiotricha epiclista

Thiotricha epiclista
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Thiotricha
Species:	T. epiclista
Binomial name
Thiotricha epiclista Meyrick, 1908

Thiotricha epiclista is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Assam, India. ^[1]

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are shining dark grey with an orange patch occupying the apical third of the wing, not reaching the margins except at the apex and tornus, enclosing a wedge-shaped blackish terminal streak, and with its anterior end indented by an acute triangular projection of ground colour. There is a blackish streak crossing this patch from near the lower anterior angle almost to the apex, and a blackish longitudinal dash above this. Three white dots are found on the costa posteriorly, and there is a black apical dot, as well as some indistinct whitish dots or strigulae on the dorsum posteriorly and at the termen. The hindwings are rather dark grey. ^[2]

References

1. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 7, 2019). "Thiotricha epiclista Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 440. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .