Thiotricha pyrphora

Thiotricha pyrphora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Thiotricha
Species:
T. pyrphora
Binomial name
Thiotricha pyrphora
Meyrick, 1918

Thiotricha pyrphora is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in southern India.[1]

The wingspan is 7–8 mm. The forewings are grey, the basal half suffused with shining whitish. There is a deep orange blotch occupying the apical third, the anterior edge indented below the middle by a projection of ground colour sometimes (in males) extended as a streak to the apical spots, or with a spot of grey suffusion on the termen (in females). There is a round black spot at the apex (smaller in females), and a dot beneath it. The hindwings are grey, towards the apex suffused with orange before a dark grey pre-apical bar and with a black apical dot.[2]

References

  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 7, 2019). "Thiotricha pyrphora Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  2. ^ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (4): 122. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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