Thiotricha complicata

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

Thiotricha complicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Thiotricha
Species:
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]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (7 February 2019). "Thiotricha complicata Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  2. Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (4): 122.


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