Thiotricha oxygramma
Appearance
Thiotricha oxygramma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Thiotricha |
Species: | T. oxygramma
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Binomial name | |
Thiotricha oxygramma Meyrick, 1918
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Thiotricha oxygramma is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Assam, India.[1]
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are light greyish ochreous with the extreme costal edge white towards the middle and with a very oblique whitish line, strongly edged with dark grey on both sides, from the costa at one-fifth, and one from the tornus, acutely angulated inwards on the fold, meeting it at an acute angle near the apex. There is a whitish mark on the middle of the termen and a black apical dot, edged anteriorly with whitish. The hindwings are grey, paler anteriorly, and with the extreme tip whitish.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 7, 2019). "Thiotricha oxygramma Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (4): 123. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.