Thiotricha acrophantis

Thiotricha acrophantis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Thiotricha
Species: T. acrophantis
Binomial name
Thiotricha acrophantis
Meyrick, 1936

Thiotricha acrophantis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1936. It is found in Taiwan.[1]

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.[2]

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