''Tineovertex melliflua'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

of the family

Tineidae Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in more than 300 genera. ...

first described by

Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern m ...

in 1911. It is found in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. It can be discriminated from other members of the genus by the shape of its saccus, which is like an elongated triangle, its elongate-spatulate valva and its wedge-shaped uncus. Adult wingspan is 6.5–7.0 mm. In the male, the head is whitish. Termen yellowish white. Costa with a broad irregular black streak runs from base to near apex. There is a narrow and nearly straight black streak runs from dorsum base to apex. This streak separates creamy-white and yellowish-white areas. Hindwings yellowish brown. Female is not observed. They are normally found during September.

References

Moths of Asia Moths described in 1911 Myrmecozelinae Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Tineidae-stub