Thiotricha operaria

Thiotricha operaria is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Assam, India.[1]

Thiotricha operaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Thiotricha
Species:
T. operaria
Binomial name
Thiotricha operaria
Meyrick, 1918
Synonyms
  • Palumbina operaria (Meyrick, 1918)

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are light grey, obscurely darker streaked longitudinally and with the costal edge blackish towards the base. There is a blackish streak along the fold towards the base and an inwardly oblique blackish transverse line at one-third, dentate outwards beneath the costa, inwards in the disc, very sharply outwards on the fold, and inwards above the dorsum, strongly edged posteriorly with white. There are three variable irregular blackish spots beneath the middle of the disc, on the tornus, and before the apex respectively, separated by white suffusion. The apex is whitish. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 3, 2018). "Palumbina operaria (Meyrick, 1918)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  2. Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (4): 125.


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