Tisis meliorella is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found on Borneo and Sumatra.[1]
Tisis meliorella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lecithoceridae |
Genus: | Tisis |
Species: | T. meliorella
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Binomial name | |
Tisis meliorella (Walker, 1864)
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Adults are chalybeous (steel blue), the forewings with an ochraceous costal stripe and with two ochraceous bands, the stripe decreasing in breadth from the base to the tip.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Tisis meliorella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 798 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.