Timocratica monotonia

Timocratica monotonia is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Embrik Strand in 1911. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas), Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.[1]

Timocratica monotonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Timocratica
Species:
T. monotonia
Binomial name
Timocratica monotonia
(Strand, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Cryptolechia monotonia Strand, 1911
  • Timocratica isographa Meyrick, 1912
  • Timocratica claudescens Meyrick, 1925
  • Timocratica crassa Meyrick, 1925

The wingspan is 45–56 mm. The forewings are fuscous irrorated grey whitish and with the costal edge bright orange to near the apex. There are three very indistinct brownish oblique lines from just beneath the costa, but not reaching the dorsum, the third directed towards the termen below the middle. The hindwings are ochreous yellowish, towards the base and dorsum deeper yellow.[2]

References
  1. "Timocratica Meyrick, 1912" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Description of Timocratica crassa and Timocratica claudescens in Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (5-7): 177


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