Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lecithoceridae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Timyra | |
Timyra phycisella is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka.
The wingspan is about 25 mm. Adults are cinereous-yellowish, the forewings with three cupreous bands. The first band basal, the second and third very broad, the second contracted towards the costa, irregularly connected with the third, which is submarginal. The marginal line is dark cupreous and the fringe is cupreous, cinereous at the base.
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