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Tisis meliorella

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Tisis meliorella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Tisis
Species:
T. meliorella
Binomial name
Tisis meliorella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Tingentera meliorella Walker, 1864

Tisis meliorella is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found on Borneo and Sumatra.[1]

Adults are chalybeous (steel blue), the forewings with an ochraceous costal stripe and with two ochraceous bands, the stripe decreasing in breadth from the base to the tip.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Tisis meliorella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  2. ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 798 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.