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Timyra toxastis

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

Timyra toxastis 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 17–20 mm. The forewings are brown sprinkled with dark fuscous and with narrow orange subcostal and submedian streaks from the base, not reaching the middle. There is a slender curved rather oblique white median fascia. The veins on the posterior third of the wing are marked with irregular white streaks and there is a slender white streak along the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2014). "Timyra toxastis Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 449. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.