Thubana exoema

Thubana exoema is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1][2]

Thubana exoema
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lecithoceridae
Genus:
Thubana
Species:
T. exoema
Binomial name
Thubana exoema
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Pachnistis exoema Meyrick, 1911

The wingspan is 13–17 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous with a pale whitish-ochreous cloudy rather irregular streak crossing the wing before the middle and small whitish-ochreous costal and dorsal spots at four-fifths. The hindwings are pale grey, darker posteriorly.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (August 4, 2016). "Thubana exoema (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Thubana exoema". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (3): 707.


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