Thiotricha gemmulans

Thiotricha gemmulans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Thiotricha
Species: T. gemmulans
Binomial name
Thiotricha gemmulans
Meyrick, 1931

Thiotricha gemmulans is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1931. It is found in southern India.[1]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are white with the costal edge black towards the base and a wedge-shaped dark grey mark along the lower half of the termen, above this two fine equal dark fuscous lines meeting at a point towards the apex, the lower from its anterior end, the upper from the costa, just beyond their apex. There is a dark fuscous transverse mark and a round black apical dot. The hindwings are whitish-grey.[2]

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