Timocratica argonais

Timocratica argonais
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Timocratica
Species: T. argonais
Binomial name
Timocratica argonais
(Meyrick, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Stenoma argonais Meyrick, 1925

Timocratica argonais is a moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas), French Guiana and Guyana.[1]

The wingspan is about 42 mm. The fore- and hindwings are white, beneath tinged yellowish except towards the dorsum, towards the costa and apex suffused deeper yellow-ochreous and the apical edge suffused fuscous. The hindwings beneath are suffused ochreous-yellowish towards the costa and apical part of the termen.[2]

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