Timyra alloptila
Species of moth
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Timyra alloptila is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
| Timyra alloptila | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Timyra |
| Species: | T. alloptila |
| Binomial name | |
| Timyra alloptila Meyrick, 1916 | |
The wingspan is 24–25 mm. The forewings are ochreous yellow and the markings are dark purple fuscous, with a streak along the costa from the base to two-fifths, with an erect partly yellow tuft beneath it before its middle and a small raised spot on the dorsum beneath this tuft. There is a suffused trapezoidal blotch on the dorsum beyond the middle, and one on the costa at three-fourths, nearly meeting. There is a more or less developed narrow terminal fascia. The hindwings light ochreous yellow, the costa and tornus suffused with grey and a deep plical groove filled with long expansible yellow-whitish hairs.[2]
