Thomictis

Thomictis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Thomictis
Meyrick, 1920
Species: T. ephorista
Binomial name
Thomictis ephorista
Meyrick, 1920

Thomictis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.[1] It contains only one species, Thomictis ephorista, which is found in Guyana.

The wingspan is 8-10 mm. The forewings are elongate and dark bronzy-fuscous with a broad ochreous-whitish median streak gradually dilated from the base to the termen. The hindwings are brassy-grey.[2]

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