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Timyra tinctella

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Timyra tinctella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Timyra
Species:
T. tinctella
Binomial name
Timyra tinctella
Walsingham, [1886]
Synonyms
  • Tipha tinctella Walsingham, [1886]

Timyra tinctella is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Thomas de Grey in 1886. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are bright ochreous, the costal margin broadly smeared with purplish-brown to within one-third of the apex. There is a small patch of raised scales of the same colour on the dorsal margin near the base. The dorsal margin is shaded beyond the middle with purplish-brown, but this does not reach beyond the anal angle. The fringes are bright ochreous at the base, outwardly purplish-grey, the two colours being separated by a slender dark brown line. The hindwings are brownish-grey, with pale ochreous fringes, tipped with shining grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ funet.fi
  2. ^ Lepid. Ceylon 3 (4): 517 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.