Antaeotricha chalinophanes
Antaeotricha chalinophanes is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Bolivia.[1]
| Antaeotricha chalinophanes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Antaeotricha |
| Species: | A. chalinophanes |
| Binomial name | |
| Antaeotricha chalinophanes (Meyrick, 1931) | |
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The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous with white reflections, the subcostal area partially suffused white and the basal third of the costa greyish, some light brownish-ochreous suffusion beneath this and on a dorsal spot towards the base. The second discal stigma is moderate and blackish and there is some greyish-ochreous suffusion on the costa about three-fourths, where a slightly curved or bent shade runs to the tornus, with some faint whitish suffusion beyond this. The hindwings are light grey, tinged whitish towards the base.[2]
References
- Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- Exotic Microlepidoptera 4 (1): 41 Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
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