Thymbritis is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It contains the species Thymbritis molybdias, which is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Subfamily: | Torodorinae |
| Genus: | Thymbritis Meyrick, 1925 |
| Species: | T. molybdias
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| Binomial name | |
| Thymbritis molybdias (Meyrick, 1910)
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The wingspan is 13–15 mm. The forewings are brownish, sprinkled with dark fuscous and with a bright leaden-metallic spot lying along the upper part of the termen, preceded by a transverse series of five small white marks edged posteriorly with some black scales. There is a black dot in the apex. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[2]
References edit
- ^ funet.fi
- ^ J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (2): 456
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