Timyra dipsalea

(Timyra dipsalea)

Description

Timyra dipsalea is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1908. It is found in India (Assam). The wingspan is 17–19 mm. The forewings are fuscous, irrorated 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.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Lecithoceridae
Genus:Timyra
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