Timyra dipsalea

Timyra dipsalea is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Assam, India.[1]

Timyra dipsalea
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T. dipsalea
Binomial name
Timyra dipsalea
Meyrick, 1908

The wingspan is 17–19 mm. The forewings are fuscous, sprinkled with fuscous-whitish scales tipped with blackish and with a suffused whitish-ochreous streak along the dorsum. There are some raised scales in the disc near the base. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous, towards the apex tinged with fuscous and with a subdorsal groove containing an expansible pencil of very long pale ochreous-yellowish hairs.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2014). "Timyra dipsalea Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 446.


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