Thiotricha janitrix

Thiotricha janitrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Thiotricha
Species:	T. janitrix
Binomial name
Thiotricha janitrix Meyrick, 1912

Thiotricha janitrix is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in the Bengal region of what was British India. ^[1]

The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are shining ashy grey with elongate whitish marks along the dorsum before and beyond the middle, and a third on the tornus forming a very oblique wedge. There is an indistinct streak of whitish suffusion in the disc from beyond the middle to near the apex, where it meets a white oblique strigula from the costa, and a longer very oblique white striga from the apex of the tornal wedge-shaped mark. There is also a lunulate white mark before the apex, cutting off a small apical spot which is edged above and beneath with blackish. The apical area of the wing between and round these pale markings dark fuscous. The hindwings are grey with a blackish apical dot. ^[2]

References

1. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 7, 2019). "Thiotricha janitrix Meyrick, 1912". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
2. Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (2): 64. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .