Timocratica philomela

Timocratica philomela
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Timocratica
Species:
T. philomela
Binomial name
Timocratica philomela
(Meyrick, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Stenoma philomela Meyrick, 1925

Timocratica philomela is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Peru.[1]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are white and the hindwings are yellow-whitish grey, with the apical edge yellow. The forewings beneath are suffused light yellowish except towards the dorsum, towards the costa suffused ochreous orange, the apical edge suffused dark grey. The hindwings beneath are suffused yellowish towards the costa.[2]

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  1. ^ "Timocratica Meyrick, 1912" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (5-7): 224 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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