Antaeotricha adornata

Antaeotricha adornata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Antaeotricha
Species:	A. adornata
Binomial name
	Antaeotricha adornata; (Meyrick, 1915)
Synonyms
	Stenoma adornata Meyrick, 1915;

Antaeotricha adornata is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Peru.^[1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are dark violet-fuscous with the extreme costal edge yellow-ochreous from the base to the bend and with an ochreous-whitish longitudinal dash from the base of the costa, in which is an elongate dark fuscous dot. The second discal stigma is black with a series of pre-marginal violet marks around the posterior part of the costa and termen, alternating with a marginal series of indistinct pale yellowish marks. The hindwings are blackish.^[2]

References

^ "Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (14): 443 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] "Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (14): 443 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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