Thubana cherandra
| Thubana cherandra | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Thubana |
| Species: | T. cherandra |
| Binomial name | |
| Thubana cherandra (Meyrick, 1906) | |
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Thubana cherandra is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, purplish tinged and the stigmata are small, faintly darker, with the plical beneath the first discal, edged posteriorly by a minute grey-whitish dot. There are ochreous-yellowish subtriangular dots on the costa at two-fifths and four-fifths, and on the dorsum near the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (August 4, 2016). "Thubana cherandra (Meyrick, 1906)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 17 (1): 151.
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