Thubana exaema

Thubana exaema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Thubana
Species: T. exaema
Binomial name
Thubana exaema
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Pachnistis exaema Meyrick, 1911
  • Thubana exoema

Thubana exaema is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 13-17 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous with a pale whitish-ochreous cloudy rather irregular streak crossing the wing before the middle and small whitish-ochreous costal and dorsal spots at four-fifths. The hindwings are pale grey, darker posteriorly.[2]

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