Thiotricha eremita

Thiotricha eremita is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by John David Bradley in 1961. It is found on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.[1]

Thiotricha eremita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Thiotricha
Species:
T. eremita
Binomial name
Thiotricha eremita
Bradley, 1961

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are white, with a dull silvery sheen. The markings are varying shades of mouse grey and the anterior edge of the costal margin is mouse grey suffused with fuscous near the base. There is a wedge-shaped outwardly-oblique dash from the costa at four-fifths, dark on the costa becoming lighter and diffuse towards the middle, followed by two short inwardly-oblique dashes on the costa near the apex, the second of these continuing as a weak but moderately thick line to the termen a little below the apex. There is a thick wishbone-shaped marking from a little above the inner margin at about three-fifths, the upper fork curved and reaching almost to the middle of the first costal marking, the lower fork curved and reaching almost to the inner end of the costal marking. The hindwings are whitish, suffused with fuscous at the apex.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Thiotricha Meyrick, 1886". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  2. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 10 (4): 132


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