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Thubana exaema

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lecithoceridae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Thubana

Thubana exaema is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in Sri Lanka.

The wingspan is 13-17 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous with a pale whitish-ochreous cloudy rather irregular streak crossing the wing before the middle and small whitish-ochreous costal and dorsal spots at four-fifths. The hindwings are pale grey, darker posteriorly.

References

Thubana exaema Wikipedia