Timyra selmatias is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae.

The forewings are purplish fuscous, sprinkled with blackish.

The median third is obscurely streaked with whitish on the veins and there is a narrow irregular orange transverse fascia from three-fifths of the costa to three-fourths of the dorsum.

A triangular spot of whitish suffusion is found on the costa at about four-fifths, and an irregular suffused whitish streak immediately before the termen.

The apical and terminal edge are suffused with dark fuscous.