Tisis hemixysta

(Tisis hemixysta)

Description

Tisis hemixysta is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Borneo. The wingspan is 18–20 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, with a bronzy-purplish tinge and a transverse orange-streak at one-fourth, enlarged on the costa and extended along it to near the base. There is a transverse orange streak from the dorsum about the middle, reaching two-thirds across the wing. The space between these two streaks is mixed with bright silvery-metallic and there is an orange streak along the costa from the middle almost to the apex. The terminal area is tinged with coppery-metallic. The hindwings are dark fuscous, in males with the costal third thinly clothed with long fine expansible hairs except towards the apex.

Taxonomic tree:

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