Timyra dipsalea
Timyra dipsalea is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Assam, India.[1]
| Timyra dipsalea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Timyra |
| Species: | T. dipsalea |
| Binomial name | |
| Timyra dipsalea Meyrick, 1908 | |
The wingspan is 17–19 mm. The forewings are fuscous, sprinkled with fuscous-whitish scales tipped with blackish and with a suffused whitish-ochreous streak along the dorsum. There are some raised scales in the disc near the base. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous, towards the apex tinged with fuscous and with a subdorsal groove containing an expansible pencil of very long pale ochreous-yellowish hairs.[2]
References
- Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2014). "Timyra dipsalea Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 446.
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