Thiotricha complicata

Thiotricha complicata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in southern India and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

Thiotricha complicata
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T. complicata
Binomial name
Thiotricha complicata
Meyrick, 1918

The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are rather dark glossy purplish-grey with an oblique white line, suffused in the disc with yellow, from above the tornus to the apical portion of the costa, on which it is trifurcate, and a whitish line between this and the termen. There are cloudy thick dots at the apex and on the termen near the apex. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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