Antaeotricha nictitans is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1854. It is found in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Paraguay.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Antaeotricha |
| Species: | A. nictitans
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| Binomial name | |
| Antaeotricha nictitans (Zeller, 1854)
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The wingspan is 27–30 mm. The forewings are greyish-ochreous, with the base, costa towards the middle, and a curved transverse fascia from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus obscurely suffused with whitish. the first discal stigma is represented by a dark grey or blackish-grey cloudy spot, the second by an obscure whitish dot. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Description of Stenopa heteropa in Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1913 (1): 187
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