Timyra phycisella

Timyra phycisella is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Timyra phycisella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lecithoceridae
Genus:
Timyra
Species:
T. phycisella
Binomial name
Timyra phycisella
Walker, 1864
Synonyms
  • Uipsa perionella Walker, 1864

The wingspan is about 25 mm. Adults are cinereous yellowish, the forewings with three cupreous bands. The first band basal, the second and third very broad, the second contracted towards the costa, irregularly connected with the third, which is submarginal. The marginal line is dark cupreous and the fringe is cupreous, cinereous at the base.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Timyra phycisella Walker, 1864". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  2. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon 3 (4): 522


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