Timyra alloptila

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Timyra alloptila
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Timyra
Species:
T. alloptila
Binomial name
Timyra alloptila
Meyrick, 1916

Timyra alloptila is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in Sri Lanka. [1]

The wingspan is 24–25 mm. The forewings are ochreous yellow and the markings are dark purple fuscous, with a streak along the costa from the base to two-fifths, with an erect partly yellow tuft beneath it before its middle and a small raised spot on the dorsum beneath this tuft. There is a suffused trapezoidal blotch on the dorsum beyond the middle, and one on the costa at three-fourths, nearly meeting. There is a more or less developed narrow terminal fascia. The hindwings light ochreous yellow, the costa and tornus suffused with grey and a deep plical groove filled with long expansible yellow-whitish hairs. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2014). "Timyra alloptila Meyrick, 1916". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  2. ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (18): 570. PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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