Timyra metallanthes

Timyra metallanthes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Timyra
Species: T. metallanthes
Binomial name
Timyra metallanthes
Meyrick, 1905

Timyra metallanthes is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1905. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are fuscous, irrorated with whitish-ochreous except on the basal and terminal areas. There is an indistinct cloudy whitish-ochreous fascia at one-fourth and an orange fascia before three-fourths, dilated on the costa. The hindwings are fuscous, paler and thinly scaled towards the base, with a ochreous-yellowish hair-pencil.[2]

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