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

Thiotricha pyrphora is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in southern India.

The wingspan is 7–8 mm. The forewings are grey, the basal half suffused with shining whitish. There is a deep orange blotch occupying the apical third, the anterior edge indented below the middle by a projection of ground colour sometimes (in males) extended as a streak to the apical spots, or with a spot of grey suffusion on the termen (in females). There is a round black spot at the apex (smaller in females), and a dot beneath it. The hindwings are grey, towards the apex suffused with orange before a dark grey pre-apical bar and with a black apical dot.

References

1. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 7, 2019). "Thiotricha pyrphora Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
2. Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (4): 122. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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