Timyra aulonitis

Timyra aulonitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Genus:	Timyra
Species:	T. aulonitis
Binomial name
Timyra aulonitis Meyrick, 1908

Timyra aulonitis is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It is found in Sri Lanka.^[1]

The wingspan is 17–19 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, all veins marked by ochreous-whitish lines, sometimes partially tinged with ochreous-yellow. The costal edge is pale ochreous-yellowish. The hindwings are grey, in males with a broad whitish-ochreous patch extending through the disc from near the base to near the termen, beneath which is a groove containing a pencil of whitish-ochreous hairs.^[2]

References

1. Two new species of Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea), with a revised check list of the family in Taiwan
2. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 18 (2): 447