Thaumaturgis

Thaumaturgis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Thaumaturgis
Meyrick, 1934
Species: T. craterocrossa
Binomial name
Thaumaturgis craterocrossa
Meyrick, 1934

Thaumaturgis is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Thaumaturgis craterocrossa, which is found in South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, with some minute scattered blackish specks and a black dot towards the costa near the base. There is an erect blackish pointed fasciate blotch from the dorsum before the middle reaching three-fourths across the wing and a semi-circular blackish blotch on the costa about two-thirds with a short strigula from the middle beneath, edged with ochreous-yellow suffusion. There is an ill-defined triangular blackish tornal spot. The posterior costal and apical margin are ochreous-yellow. The hindwings are grey, the veins darker-suffused.[3]

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