Timyra machlas

Last updated

Timyra machlas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lecithoceridae
Genus:
Timyra
Species:
T. machlas
Binomial name
Timyra machlas
Meyrick, 1905

Timyra machlas is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905. It is found in Sri Lanka. [1]

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The forewings are light brown, mixed with darker and the basal area mixed with orange, and with orange median and plical streaks to the middle. In males, there is a sub-basal tuft of erect scales. Beyond the middle is a broad orange slightly oblique transverse fascia and the posterior area has white lines on the veins, and along the costa and termen. The hindwings are whitish ochreous in males, posteriorly suffused with fuscous. The hindwings of the females are fuscous. [2]

Related Research Articles

Timyra is a genus of moths in the family Lecithoceridae.

Dinochares conotoma is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Doxogenes phalaritis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Mnesteria pharetrata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Timyra cicinnota is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Timyra pristica is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Timyra schoenota is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in southern India.

Timyra stachyophora is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Timyra stasiotica is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Timyra toxastis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in southern India.

Timyra xanthaula is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in southern India.

Timyra marmaritis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Timyra orthadia is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Timyra metallanthes is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Timyra phorcis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Timyra praeceptrix is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Timyra crassella is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Antiochtha balbidota is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Lecithocera grammophanes is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found on Borneo.

Tisis mendicella is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka.

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2014). "Timyra machlas Meyrick, 1905". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  2. ↑ Description of Timyra sphenias in Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 16 (4): 595.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.