''Thiotricha epiclista'' is a

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of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in

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, India. The

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is about 9 mm. The forewings are shining dark grey with an orange patch occupying the apical third of the wing, not reaching the margins except at the apex and tornus, enclosing a wedge-shaped blackish terminal streak, and with its anterior end indented by an acute triangular projection of ground colour. There is a blackish streak crossing this patch from near the lower anterior angle almost to the apex, and a blackish longitudinal dash above this. Three white dots are found on the costa posteriorly, and there is a black apical dot, as well as some indistinct whitish dots or strigulae on the dorsum posteriorly and at the termen. The hindwings are rather dark grey.''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society''. 18 (2): 440.

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Moths described in 1908 Thiotricha Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Thiotrichinae-stub