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Thiotricha chrysantha

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

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

Description

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The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are deep ochreous yellow, suffused with orange red on the margins of the dark markings. There are two pairs of very oblique dark fuscous streaks from the costa and the dorsum near the base and before the middle respectively, each pair meeting at a very acute angle, the first connected with the second in the disc by dark fuscous suffusion, the angle of the second extended as a blackish line to the termen beneath the apex. There are two white dorsal blotches between and beyond these streaks respectively, the second followed by a dot of dark fuscous suffusion. An oblique blackish wedge-shaped mark is found from the costa at three-fourths, edged with pink. The hindwings are blackish grey, thinly scaled towards the base.[2]

References

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