Timyra pastas

(Timyra pastas)

Description

Timyra pastas is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1908. It is found in southern India. The wingspan is 19–23 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous-yellowish irregularly sprinkled with blackish and dark fuscous. There is a small blackish basal spot and a broad suffused dark fuscous antemedian fascia. A broad suffused fascia of dark fuscous and black irroration occupyies the apical fourth of the wing. The hindwings are dark fuscous, in males with a short subdorsal groove, beneath which is a short fringe of whitish-ochreous hairs.

Taxonomic tree:

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