Thiotricha tetraphala
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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. tetraphala
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Thiotricha tetraphala is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1885.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand.[3]
Taxonomy
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This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885 and named Thistricha tetraphala.[4][2] In 1886 Meyrick gave a fuller description and corrected the misspelling of the genus name to Thiotricha.[5] The male holotype specimen, collected in Dunedin, is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]
Description
[edit]The wingspan is about 12mm. The forewings are light grey, somewhat irrorated with grey-whitish in the disc. There are three dark grey spots, the first basal, the second triangular, in the disc before the middle, the third larger, oblong, beyond middle and resting on the sub-median fold. The hindwings are grey.[5]
References
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- ^ a b "Thiotricha tetraphala (Meyrick, 1885)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ a b c John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 83. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
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- ^ Edward Meyrick (November 1885). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. Gelechiadae. VIII. Tineina (part)". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2 (12): 590. Wikidata Q108097450.
- ^ a b Edward Meyrick (May 1886). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 18: 164. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q109405465.
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