Thiotricha angelica

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

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

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are shining white with the anterior edge of the costa fuscous near the base and with an inwardly-oblique fuscous-black streak from the apex, heavy and tear shaped in males, linear and reaching as a slightly sinuous line to the dorsum a little beyond the tornus in females. In both sexes this streak is preceded by a small somewhat triangular patch of apricot suffusion extending beyond the streak to the tornus. The hindwings are white.[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): 131


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