Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lecithoceridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Timyra | |
Timyra parochra is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka.
The wingspan is 23-27 mm. The forewings are deep yellow-ochreous or brownish-ochreous, irrorated with purplish fuscous and dark fuscous. There is a curved postmedian fascia more or less obscurely indicated by margins of purplish-fuscous and dark fuscous suffusion, narrowed dorsally, enclosed portion sometimes ferruginous-tinged. The hindwings are pale whitish-ochreous, towards the termen slightly infuscated. There is a slight groove on the lower margin of the cell.
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