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Thiotricha subocellea is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland and most of the Balkan Peninsula), China (Gansu, Shaanxi, Jilin) and Japan.

Thiotricha subocellea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Thiotricha
Species:	T. subocellea
Binomial name
Thiotricha subocellea (Stephens, 1834)[1]
Synonyms
Anacampsis subocellea Stephens, 1834 Gelechia internella Lienig & Zeller, 1846 Anacampsis dissonella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 Gelechia subocellella Morris, 1870

The wingspan is 10–11 mm.[2] Adults are whitish, marked with grey and black. They are on wing from July to August.[3]

The larvae mainly feed on Origanum vulgare, but occasionally also on other herbs. They feed on the seeds of their host plant from inside a case constructed from the calyxes. During growth, the larva attaches further calyxes.

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