Timocratica melanostriga

Timocratica melanostriga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Timocratica
Species: T. melanostriga
Binomial name
Timocratica melanostriga
Becker, 1982

Timocratica melanostriga is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Becker in 1982. It is found in Brazil (Santa Catarina).[1]

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is white, with the basal half of a number of veins, the fold and the middle of the cell dashed with dark greyish-fuscous. The underside is white, with the same veins marked with fuscous. The hindwings has the veins and dorsal half of the cell fuscous.[2]

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