Thiotricha scioplecta

Thiotricha scioplecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Thiotricha
Species:	T. scioplecta
Binomial name
	Thiotricha scioplecta; Meyrick, 1918

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

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are pale glossy grey with an oblique triangular rather dark purplish-fuscous blotch extending on the dorsum from near the base to near the middle and reaching the fold. There is a dark purplish-fuscous streak just beneath the costa from one-third to near the apex, thick anteriorly and attenuated posteriorly. An oblique wedge-shaped dark purplish-fuscous mark is found from the costa at two-thirds running into this followed by violet-whitish strigula edged with dark fuscous. There is a pale streak edged with dark fuscous from the apex of this to the tornus, very acutely angled inwards on the fold. The apical area is ochreous, with a short violet-white dash terminating in the black apical dot. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (February 7, 2019). "Thiotricha scioplecta Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (4): 123.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (February 7, 2019). "Thiotricha scioplecta Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.

[2] Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (4): 123.