Timyra machlas

Timyra machlas is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905. It is found in Sri Lanka.^[1]

Timyra machlas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Genus:	Timyra
Species:	T. machlas
Binomial name
Timyra machlas Meyrick, 1905

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The forewings are light brown, mixed with darker and the basal area mixed with orange, and with orange median and plical streaks to the middle. In males, there is a sub-basal tuft of erect scales. Beyond the middle is a broad orange slightly oblique transverse fascia and the posterior area has white lines on the veins, and along the costa and termen. The hindwings are whitish ochreous in males, posteriorly suffused with fuscous. The hindwings of the females are fuscous.^[2]