Timyra toxastis
| Timyra toxastis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Timyra |
| Species: | T. toxastis |
| Binomial name | |
| Timyra toxastis Meyrick, 1908 | |
Timyra toxastis is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1908. It is found in southern India.[1]
The wingspan is 17—20 mm. The forewings are brown sprinkled with dark fuscous and with narrow orange subcostal and submedian streaks from the base, not reaching the middle. There is a slender curved rather oblique white median fascia. The veins on the posterior third of the wing are marked with irregular white streaks and there is a slender white streak along the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.[2]
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