Antaeotricha spurcatella

Antaeotricha spurcatella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Guyana and Honduras.[1]

Antaeotricha spurcatella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Antaeotricha
Species:
A. spurcatella
Binomial name
Antaeotricha spurcatella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Cryptolechia spurcatella Walker, 1864
  • Stenoma chloromis Meyrick, 1915

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are glossy light violet grey with the costa broadly but very indefinitely suffused with ochreous white. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References
  1. "Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Description of Stenoma chloromis in Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (14): 433 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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