Thiotricha atractodes Meyrick, 1922 THIOTRICHINAE,   GELECHIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Nick Lambert, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales)

The adult moths have streaky grey-brown forewings, and paler streaky grey-brown hindwings, all with messy gold, black, and white markings on the margin. The wingspan is about 1.2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Nick Lambert, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales)

The species has been found in

New South Wales.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Exotic Microlepidoptera,
Volume 2 (1920), p. 502.

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(written 27 July 2020)