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''Tisis asterias'' is a
moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
in the family
Lecithoceridae The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family of small moths described by Simon Le Marchand in 1947. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalayan realm and the southern part of the ...
. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park in 2003. It is found in
Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...
. The wingspan is about 17 mm for males and 15 mm for females.Park, K. T. (2003)
"Two new species of the genus ''Tisis'' from Thailand and notes on ''Tistis elegans'' (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae)"
''Species Diversity''. 8: 267-274.


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Moths described in 2003 Tisis {{Lecithocerinae-stub