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Timyra machlas

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Timyra machlas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Timyra
Species:
T. machlas
Binomial name
Timyra machlas
Meyrick, 1905

Timyra machlas is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The forewings are light brown, mixed with darker and the basal area mixed with orange, and with orange median and plical streaks to the middle. In males, there is a sub-basal tuft of erect scales. Beyond the middle is a broad orange slightly oblique transverse fascia and the posterior area has white lines on the veins, and along the costa and termen. The hindwings are whitish ochreous in males, posteriorly suffused with fuscous. The hindwings of the females are fuscous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2014). "Timyra machlas Meyrick, 1905". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  2. ^ Description of Timyra sphenias in Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 16 (4): 595. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.