Timyra aulonitis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
| Timyra aulonitis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Timyra |
| Species: | T. aulonitis
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| Binomial name | |
| Timyra aulonitis Meyrick, 1908
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The wingspan is 17–19 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, all veins marked by ochreous-whitish lines, sometimes partially tinged with ochreous-yellow. The costal edge is pale ochreous-yellowish. The hindwings are grey, in males with a broad whitish-ochreous patch extending through the disc from near the base to near the termen, beneath which is a groove containing a pencil of whitish-ochreous hairs.[2]
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- ^ Two new species of Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea), with a revised check list of the family in Taiwan
- ^ J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 18 (2): 447
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