Antaeotricha nephelocyma

Antaeotricha nephelocyma is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found in Brazil.[1]

Antaeotricha nephelocyma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Antaeotricha
Species:
A. nephelocyma
Binomial name
Antaeotricha nephelocyma
(Meyrick, 1930)
Synonyms
  • Stenoma nephelocyma Meyrick, 1930

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are white with the dorsal third tinged grey, towards the dorsal edge darker. There is a small suffused grey spot at one-fourth, an undefined blotch of grey suffusion on the middle of the dorsum, a darker suffused grey spot at four-fifths, its anterior angle marked with a darker dot, above this a faint grey dot in the disc, grey suffusion extending on the termen to near the middle. There are no terminal dots. The hindwings are white, towards the termen and apex tinged pale ochreous.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (April 30, 2020). "Antaeotricha nephelocyma (Meyrick, 1930)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (1): 27. Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine


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