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Thiotricha acrophantis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Thiotricha

Thiotricha acrophantis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1936. It is found in Taiwan.

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are white with an oblique dark grey strigulae from the costa and dorsum at three-fourths of the wing, the apical area beyond these suffused grey, tinged pale fulvous before the apex, and including a second parallel dark grey costal strigula. There is a round black apical dot. The hindwings are grey-whitish, with a grey apical dot.

References

Thiotricha acrophantis Wikipedia