Thiotricha tetraphala

Thiotricha tetraphala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Thiotricha
Species: T. tetraphala
Binomial name
Thiotricha tetraphala
(Meyrick, 1885)[1]
Synonyms
  • Thistricha tetraphala Meyrick, 1885

Thiotricha tetraphala is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1885.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand.[2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are light grey, somewhat irrorated with grey-whitish in the disc. There are three dark grey spots, the first basal, the second triangular, in the disc before the middle, the third larger, oblong, beyond middle and resting on the submedian fold. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Thiotricha tetraphala (Meyrick, 1885)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. ↑ funet.fi
  3. ↑ Trans. N.Z. Inst. 18 : 164


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