Thiotricha galactaea

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

Last updated January 26, 2024

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

The wingspan is 13–15 millimetres (0.51–0.59 in). The forewings are ochreous whitish with two elongate blackish dots obliquely placed towards the dorsum at about one-fourth and a very oblique blackish median streak reaching from near the dorsum to above the middle. There is a blackish longitudinal mark above the dorsum towards the tornus and the posterior fourth of the costa and termen is more or less suffused with dark fuscous. A short oblique whitish streak is found from the costa at four-fifths, and a whitish streak almost along the termen. There is also a white dot before the apex, partially edged with black. The hindwings are pale grey, thinly scaled and with a dark grey dot at the apex.^[2]

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References

↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 7, 2019). "Thiotricha galactaea Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
↑ Meyrick, E. (1908). "Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 441. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (February 7, 2019). "Thiotricha galactaea Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.

[2] Meyrick, E. (1908). "Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 441. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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