Timocratica macroleuca

Timocratica macroleuca is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1932. It is found in Bolivia.[1]

Timocratica macroleuca
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T. macroleuca
Binomial name
Timocratica macroleuca
(Meyrick, 1932)
Synonyms
  • Stenoma macroleuca Meyrick, 1932

The wingspan is about 60 mm. The forewings are white with a faint brassy gloss. The hindwings are white with a faint brassy-ochreous gloss. The forewings beneath are tinged ochreous yellowish, more strongly towards the costa, and there is a suffused ochreous-yellow costal streak. The hindwings beneath are suffused light yellow ochreous towards the costa.[2]

References

  1. "Timocratica Meyrick, 1912" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4 (10): 304


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