Thubana cherandra

Thubana cherandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Thubana
Species: T. cherandra
Binomial name
Thubana cherandra
(Meyrick, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Brachmia cherandra Meyrick, 1906

Thubana cherandra is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, purplish-tinged and the stigmata are small, faintly darker, with the plical beneath the first discal, edged posteriorly by a minute grey-whitish dot. There are ochreous-yellowish subtriangular dots on the costa at two-fifths and four-fifths, and on the dorsum near the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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