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Thiotricha anticentra

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Thiotricha

Thiotricha anticentra is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are whitish, irrorated with fuscous and dark fuscous and with a moderate blackish dot on the base of the costa, as well as a blackish dash beneath the fold at one-fourth, and one beneath the costa at one-third. The stigmata are blackish, the plical dash-like, obliquely before the first discal, which is in the middle. Minute blackish dots are found along the termen and apical part of the costa. The hindwings are grey.

References

Thiotricha anticentra Wikipedia