Timyra metallanthes

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

Timyra metallanthes 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 about 19 mm. The forewings are fuscous, sprinkled with whitish ochreous except on the basal and terminal areas. There is an indistinct cloudy whitish-ochreous fascia at one-fourth and an orange fascia before three-fourths, dilated on the costa. The hindwings are fuscous, paler and thinly scaled towards the base, with an ochreous-yellowish hair-pencil.^[2]

References

^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2014). "Timyra metallanthes Meyrick, 1905". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
^ Description of Timyra sphenias in Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 16 (4): 596. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2014). "Timyra metallanthes 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): 596. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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