''Tisis auricincta'' 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 ...

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 th ...

. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1967. It is found on

Mindanao Mindanao ( ) ( Jawi: مينداناو) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of t ...

in the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. The

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is 21–26 mm. The forewings are deep purple, posteriorly strewn with metallic purplish scales with prismatic reflections. The markings are yellow. There is a slender median transverse band, slightly outwards-oblique, gently outwards-convex, gradually dilated downwards. A narrow marginal streak is found along the posterior fifth of the costa, in the apex and along the termen to the tornus, along the lower half twice as broad. The hindwings are deep bronze brown, in males with the costal half light grey fuscous. There is a narrow line of yellow dusting around the apex and along the termen.''Bulletin of the United States National Museum'' 257: 125

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Moths described in 1967 Tisis {{Lecithocerinae-stub