Timyra metallanthes
Timyra metallanthes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lecithoceridae |
Genus: | Timyra |
Species: | T. metallanthes |
Binomial name | |
Timyra metallanthes Meyrick, 1905 | |
Timyra metallanthes is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1905. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are fuscous, irrorated with whitish-ochreous except on the basal and terminal areas. There is an indistinct cloudy whitish-ochreous fascia at one-fourth and an orange fascia before three-fourths, dilated on the costa. The hindwings are fuscous, paler and thinly scaled towards the base, with a ochreous-yellowish hair-pencil.[2]
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