Timyra parochra is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
| Timyra parochra | |
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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. parochra
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| Binomial name | |
| Timyra parochra Meyrick, 1906
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The wingspan is 23–27 mm. The forewings are deep yellow ochreous or brownish ochreous, sprinkled 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, the 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.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2014). "Timyra parochra Meyrick, 1906". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 17 (1): 146.
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