Thiotricha pteropis

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

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

The wingspan is 8–10 mm. The forewings are ochreous white or whitish ochreous with an elongate rounded-triangular leaden-grey spot finely edged with blackish extending along the termen from the tornus to the apex, broadest anteriorly. There is an oblique blackish line from three-fourths of the costa running into this before the apex, as well as a small triangular ochreous-brown costal mark before the apex, meeting the apex of the terminal spot. There is also a round black apical dot. The hindwings are grey. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 7, 2019). "Thiotricha pteropis Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  2. ↑ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 443. PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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