Thiotricha centritis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in southern India.[1]
| Thiotricha centritis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Thiotricha |
| Species: | T. centritis
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| Binomial name | |
| Thiotricha centritis Meyrick, 1908
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The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are shining pale whitish ochreous with the apical third ochreous orange, anteriorly suffused. There is some grey suffusion on the dorsum before the tornus and on the middle of the termen and a large round black apical dot, edged with white in the cilia, which is otherwise whitish ochreous, around the apex with a grey median line. The hindwings are whitish grey, with the apex slightly tinged with orange and a blackish apical dot.[2]
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 7, 2019). "Thiotricha centritis Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 439.
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