Thiotricha scotaea

Thiotricha scotaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Thiotricha
Species:	T. scotaea
Binomial name
	Thiotricha scotaea; Meyrick, 1908

Thiotricha scotaea is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka.^[1]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish fuscous with an oblique fuscous-whitish mark towards the apex and two minute whitish dots on the costa near the apex. There is a blackish apical dot, edged posteriorly with a few whitish scales. The hindwings are rather dark grey, thinly scaled in the disc.^[2]

References[]

^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 7, 2019). "Thiotricha scotaea Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 442.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (February 7, 2019). "Thiotricha scotaea Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.

[2] Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 442.

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