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Timocratica melanostriga

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Timocratica

Timocratica melanostriga is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Becker in 1982. It is found in Brazil (Santa Catarina).

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is white, with the basal half of a number of veins, the fold and the middle of the cell dashed with dark greyish fuscous. The underside is white, with the same veins marked with fuscous. The hindwings has the veins and dorsal half of the cell fuscous.

References

Timocratica melanostriga Wikipedia