Thymbritis
Thymbritis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Suborder: | Glossata |
Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
(unranked): | Ditrysia |
Superfamily: | Gelechioidea |
Family: | Lecithoceridae |
Genus: | Thymbritis Meyrick, 1925 |
Species: | T. molybdias |
Binomial name | |
Thymbritis molybdias (Meyrick, 1910) | |
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Thymbritis is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It contains the species Thymbritis molybdias, which is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
The wingspan is 13–15 mm. The forewings are brownish, sprinkled with dark fuscous and with a bright leaden-metallic spot lying along the upper part of the termen, preceded by a transverse series of five small white marks edged posteriorly with some black scales. There is a black dot in the apex. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[2]
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