Thiotricha galactaea is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in southern India.[1]
| Thiotricha galactaea | |
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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. galactaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Thiotricha galactaea Meyrick, 1908
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The wingspan is 13–15 millimetres (0.51–0.59 in). The forewings are ochreous whitish with two elongate blackish dots obliquely placed towards the dorsum at about one-fourth and a very oblique blackish median streak reaching from near the dorsum to above the middle. There is a blackish longitudinal mark above the dorsum towards the tornus and the posterior fourth of the costa, and termen is more or less suffused with dark fuscous. A short oblique whitish streak is found from the costa at four-fifths, and a whitish streak almost along the termen. There is also a white dot before the apex, partially edged with black. The hindwings are pale grey, thinly scaled and with a dark grey dot at the apex.[2]
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 7, 2019). "Thiotricha galactaea Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1908). "Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 441.
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