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Thiotricha oxygramma

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Thiotricha oxygramma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Thiotricha
Species:
T. oxygramma
Binomial name
Thiotricha oxygramma
Meyrick, 1918

Thiotricha oxygramma is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Assam, India.[1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are light greyish ochreous with the extreme costal edge white towards the middle and with a very oblique whitish line, strongly edged with dark grey on both sides, from the costa at one-fifth, and one from the tornus, acutely angulated inwards on the fold, meeting it at an acute angle near the apex. There is a whitish mark on the middle of the termen and a black apical dot, edged anteriorly with whitish. The hindwings are grey, paler anteriorly, and with the extreme tip whitish.[2]

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