Timyra pastas
| Timyra pastas | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Timyra |
| Species: | T. pastas
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| Binomial name | |
| Timyra pastas Meyrick, 1908
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Timyra pastas is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in southern India.[1]
The wingspan is 19–23 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous yellowish irregularly sprinkled with blackish and dark fuscous. There is a small blackish basal spot and a broad suffused dark fuscous antemedian fascia. A broad suffused fascia of dark fuscous and black sprinkles occupies the apical fourth of the wing. The hindwings are dark fuscous, in males with a short subdorsal groove, beneath which is a short fringe of whitish-ochreous hairs.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2014). "Timyra pastas Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 444.
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