Thiotricha thorybodes

Thiotricha thorybodes is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1885.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1][2]

Thiotricha thorybodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Thiotricha
Species:
T. thorybodes
Binomial name
Thiotricha thorybodes
(Meyrick, 1885)[1]
Synonyms
  • Thistricha thorybodes Meyrick, 1885

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885 and named Thistricha tyorybodes.[3] in 1886 Meyrick gave a fuller description of this species under the name Thiotricha thorybodes.[4]

Description

The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous, irregularly irrorated with ochreous-whitish, more strongly in the disc. The costa is suffusedly darker, with a darker triangular patch before the middle, its apex reaching to the fold. There is an obscure dark fuscous dot in the disc slightly beyond the middle and a small whitish-ochreous spot, sometimes nearly obsolete, in the disc at three-fourths. The hindwings are grey-whitish or whitish-grey.[4]

References
  1. "Thiotricha thorybodes (Meyrick, 1885)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. funet.fi
  3. Edward Meyrick (November 1885). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. Gelechiadae. VIII. Tineina (part)". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2 (12): 590. Wikidata Q108097450.
  4. Edward Meyrick (May 1886). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 18: 164–165. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q109405465.


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