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Timyra pastas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Genus:	Timyra
Species:	T. pastas
Binomial name
Timyra pastas Meyrick, 1908

Timyra pastas is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in southern India.

The wingspan is 19–23 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous yellowish irregularly sprinkled with blackish and dark fuscous. There is a small blackish basal spot and a broad suffused dark fuscous antemedian fascia. A broad suffused fascia of dark fuscous and black sprinkles occupies the apical fourth of the wing. The hindwings are dark fuscous, in males with a short subdorsal groove, beneath which is a short fringe of whitish-ochreous hairs.

References

1. Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2014). "Timyra pastas Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 444. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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