Thiotricha oxytheces

Thiotricha oxytheces
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Thiotricha
Species:	T. oxytheces
Binomial name
	Thiotricha oxytheces; Meyrick, 1904

Thiotricha oxytheces is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland.[1]

The wingspan is 9–10 mm (0.35–0.39 in). The forewings are pale shining bronzy-ochreous, more whitish towards the costa anteriorly. The costal edge is dark fuscous on the anterior half and there is a suffused fuscous mark along the dorsum from one-fifth to the middle and a suffused whitish streak along the posterior half of the dorsum, interrupted by an elongate fuscous mark on the submedian fold. An outwardly oblique white fuscous-edged mark is found above the tornus, and a white costal dot above its upper extremity. There is also a black apical dot. The hindwings are light grey with a minute black apical dot.[2]

References

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Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 293. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Internet Archive.

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[2] Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 293. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Internet Archive.