Timyra machlas
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| Timyra machlas Meyrick, 1905
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Timyra machlas is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by 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]
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