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Timocratica argonais

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

Timocratica argonais is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas), French Guiana and Guyana.[1]

The wingspan is about 42 mm. The forewings and hindwings are white, beneath tinged yellowish except towards the dorsum, towards the costa and apex suffused deeper yellow ochreous and the apical edge suffused fuscous. The hindwings beneath are suffused ochreous yellowish towards the costa and apical part of the termen.[2]

References

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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.