Timyra pastas
| Timyra pastas | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Timyra |
| Species: | T. pastas |
| Binomial name | |
| Timyra pastas Meyrick, 1908 | |
Timyra pastas is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1908. It is found in southern India.[1]
The wingspan is 19—23 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous-yellowish irregularly sprinkled with blackish and dark fuscous. There is a small blackish basal spot and a broad suffused dark fuscous antemedian fascia. A broad suffused fascia of dark fuscous and black irroration occupyies the apical fourth of the wing. The hindwings are dark fuscous, in males with a short subdorsal groove, beneath which is a short fringe of whitish-ochreous hairs.[2]
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