''Thiotricha obvoluta'' is a

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of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in

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, India. The

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is about 11 mm. The forewings are fuscous with an elongate dark fuscous patch extending along the dorsum from the base to near the tornus, the upper edge with an oblique-triangular prominence before the middle of the wing, edged with lighter suffusion before and beyond this. There is a slender dark fuscous longitudinal streak in the disc posteriorly, partially pale edged beneath, as well as an oblique whitish strigula from the costa at four-fifths, and traces of a fine leaden-metallic transverse line beyond it. Three whitish dots are separated by dark fuscous on the costa towards the apex, the last edging a black apical dot. The hindwings are dark grey.Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923)
''Exotic Microlepidoptera''. 2 (4): 126.

References

Moths described in 1918 Taxa named by Edward Meyrick Thiotricha {{Thiotrichinae-stub