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Antaeotricha insidiata

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Antaeotricha insidiata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Antaeotricha
Species:
A. insidiata
Binomial name
Antaeotricha insidiata
(Meyrick, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Stenoma insidiata Meyrick, 1916
  • Stenoma insidiana

Antaeotricha insidiata is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in French Guiana.[1]

The wingspan is 19–22 mm. The forewings are white with a faint violet tinge, sometimes tinged or sprinkled with violet-grey on the dorsal area. The markings are dark fuscous. There is a suffused straight streak from the base of the costa to one-fifth of the dorsum and an irregular somewhat curved line from above the middle at one-fifth to the middle of the dorsum, expanded dorsally. An irregular slightly curved line is found from the middle of the costa to four-fifths of the dorsum, sometimes marked with a distinct dot in the middle, dilated at the extremities. There is also a curved line from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus, slightly indented beneath the costa. Eight marginal dots are found around the apex and termen. The hindwings are grey, anteriorly paler and whitish-tinged and with the costa expanded and edged with rough whitish scales from the base to two-thirds, then abruptly sinuate-incised, with a yellow subcostal groove from the base to the middle.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (16): 512Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.