Thiotricha majorella

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Thiotricha majorella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Thiotricha
Species:
T. majorella
Binomial name
Thiotricha majorella
(Rebel, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Ptocheuusa majorella Rebel, 1910

Thiotricha majorella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Hans Rebel in 1910. It is found in Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 12.5 mm. The forewings are shining white, with ill-defined brownish scales and with a brownish longitudinal streak from the base to the end of the middle cell, leaving the inner margin white. The hindwings are whitish-grey.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ funet.fi
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 60 : 28 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.