Thiotricha cuneiformis
| Thiotricha cuneiformis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Thiotricha |
| Species: | T. cuneiformis
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| Binomial name | |
| Thiotricha cuneiformis Meyrick, 1918
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Thiotricha cuneiformis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Kodagu district in southern India.[1]
The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are shining white with the costal edge black from the base to a slight mark before the middle. There is an elongate dark fuscous spot on the dorsum before the middle and an oblique wedge-shaped black mark on the costa at about three-fourths, closely followed by a black strigula, from the apex of these a fine black line runs to the tornus, acutely indented on the fold and there is a black apical dot with a dark fuscous dot adjacent beneath. The hindwings are grey, paler in the disc anteriorly.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 7, 2019). "Thiotricha cuneiformis Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (4): 124.
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