Thiotricha eremita

Description

Thiotricha eremita is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by John David Bradley in 1961. It is found on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are white, with a dull silvery sheen. The markings are varying shades of mouse grey and the anterior edge of the costal margin is mouse grey suffused with fuscous near the base. There is a wedge-shaped outwardly-oblique dash from the costa at four-fifths, dark on the costa becoming lighter and diffuse towards the middle, followed by two short inwardly-oblique dashes on the costa near the apex, the second of these continuing as a weak but moderately thick line to the termen a little below the apex. There is a thick wishbone-shaped marking from a little above the inner margin at about three-fifths, the upper fork curved and reaching almost to the middle of the first costal marking, the lower fork curved and reaching almost to the inner end of the costal marking. The hindwings are whitish, suffused with fuscous at the apex.