Tisis meliorella

Tisis meliorella is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found on Borneo and Sumatra.[1]

Tisis meliorella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lecithoceridae
Genus:
Tisis
Species:
T. meliorella
Binomial name
Tisis meliorella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Tingentera meliorella Walker, 1864

Adults are chalybeous (steel blue), the forewings with an ochraceous costal stripe and with two ochraceous bands, the stripe decreasing in breadth from the base to the tip.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Tisis meliorella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  2. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 798


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