Thubana cherandra
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lecithoceridae |
Genus: | Thubana |
Species: | T. cherandra
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Binomial name | |
Thubana cherandra (Meyrick, 1906)
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Thubana cherandra is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, purplish tinged and the stigmata are small, faintly darker, with the plical beneath the first discal, edged posteriorly by a minute grey-whitish dot. There are ochreous-yellowish subtriangular dots on the costa at two-fifths and four-fifths, and on the dorsum near the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (August 4, 2016). "Thubana cherandra (Meyrick, 1906)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 17 (1): 151.
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