Thiotricha janitrix is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in the Bengal region of what was British India.[1]
| Thiotricha janitrix | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Thiotricha |
| Species: | T. janitrix
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| Binomial name | |
| Thiotricha janitrix Meyrick, 1912
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The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are shining ashy grey with elongate whitish marks along the dorsum before and beyond the middle, and a third on the tornus forming a very oblique wedge. There is an indistinct streak of whitish suffusion in the disc from beyond the middle to near the apex, where it meets a white oblique strigula from the costa, and a longer very oblique white striga from the apex of the tornal wedge-shaped mark. There is also a lunulate white mark before the apex, cutting off a small apical spot which is edged above and beneath with blackish. The apical area of the wing between and round these pale markings dark fuscous. The hindwings are grey with a blackish apical dot.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 7, 2019). "Thiotricha janitrix Meyrick, 1912". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (2): 64.
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