''Thiotricha galactaea'' is a

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

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is . The forewings are ochreous whitish with two elongate blackish dots obliquely placed towards the dorsum at about one-fourth and a very oblique blackish median streak reaching from near the dorsum to above the middle. There is a blackish longitudinal mark above the dorsum towards the tornus and the posterior fourth of the costa, and termen is more or less suffused with dark fuscous. A short oblique whitish streak is found from the costa at four-fifths, and a whitish streak almost along the termen. There is also a white dot before the apex, partially edged with black. The hindwings are pale grey, thinly scaled and with a dark grey dot at the apex.Meyrick, E. (1908)
"Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera"
''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society''. 18 (2): 441.

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