Timocratica melanostriga

Timocratica melanostriga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Timocratica
Species:	T. melanostriga
Binomial name
	Timocratica melanostriga; Becker, 1982

Timocratica melanostriga is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Vitor O. Becker in 1982. It is found in Santa Catarina, Brazil.^[1]

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is white, with the basal half of a number of veins, the fold and the middle of the cell dashed with dark greyish fuscous. The underside is white, with the same veins marked with fuscous. The hindwings has the veins and dorsal half of the cell fuscous.^[2]

References[]

^ Savela, Markku. "Timocratica Meyrick, 1912". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
^ Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 45 (3): 266

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Timocratica Meyrick, 1912". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 10, 2018.

[2] Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 45 (3): 266

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