Antaeotricha pyrobathra

Antaeotricha pyrobathra is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Brazil.[1]

Antaeotricha pyrobathra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Antaeotricha
Species:
A. pyrobathra
Binomial name
Antaeotricha pyrobathra
(Meyrick, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Stenoma pyrobathra Meyrick, 1931

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are light ochreous-grey, with lilac reflections and an orange-red basal spot, very narrow on the dorsum, including a dark grey dot on the base of the costa, edged grey-whitish on the rest of the costa and the upper half, followed on the dorsum by short grey-whitish suffusion and a subdorsal streak of blackish-grey suffusion. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

References

  1. "Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4 (1): 33 Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine


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