Antaeotricha humerella

Antaeotricha humerella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas), French Guiana, Guyana and Panama.[1]

Antaeotricha humerella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Antaeotricha
Species:
A. humerella
Binomial name
Antaeotricha humerella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Cryptolechia humerella Walker, 1864
  • Cryptolechia intermedia Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Cryptolechia luscina Zeller, 1877
  • Stenoma meridiana Meyrick, 1915

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are violet-brownish-ochreous, towards the costa yellower-tinged and with a violet-brown line along the costa throughout, from one-third to four-fifths, edged beneath with some slender obscure violet-whitish suffusion. The first discal stigma is dark fuscous, the second hardly infuscated. The hindwings are grey, the apical fifth suffused with ochreous-yellow.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Description of Stenoma meridiana in Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (14): 435  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.