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 Depressariidae family. It was described by Becker in 1982. It is found in Brazil (Santa Catarina).[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]

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