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Antaeotricha spurcatella

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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

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

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

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  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.