Timyra metallanthes
| Timyra metallanthes | |
|---|---|
| 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 an ochreous-yellowish hair-pencil.[2]
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