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Timyra stachyophora

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Timyra stachyophora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Timyra
Species:
T. stachyophora
Binomial name
Timyra stachyophora
Meyrick, 1908

Timyra stachyophora is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 18–19 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, irregularly mixed with fuscous and sprinkled with blackish. There is a slender dark fuscous basal fascia, followed by a narrow clear whitish-ochreous fascia. There is also a curved slightly oblique clear whitish-ochreous transverse median line and an irregular dark fuscous line around the apex and termen. The hindwings are whitish ochreous with a narrow fuscous streak along the termen, sometimes interrupted, and a fuscous patch along the posterior half of the costa. The submedian and subdorsal grooves are suffused with light ochreous yellowish, the latter with a very long expansible pencil of whitish ochreous hairs.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2014). "Timyra stachyophora Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 445. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.