Antaeotricha unisecta
Antaeotricha unisecta is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found in Brazil.[1]
| Antaeotricha unisecta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Antaeotricha |
| Species: | A. unisecta |
| Binomial name | |
| Antaeotricha unisecta (Meyrick, 1930) | |
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The wingspan is 17–20 mm. The forewings are white, with the dorsal half whitish-ochreous and with a very dark brown band occupying the dorsal area to the fold, and posteriorly to vein 4, interrupted beyond the middle by an oblique bar, variable in width and sometimes obsolete in males. There is a terminal series of dark fuscous dots, also sometimes obsolete in males. The hindwings are whitish, sometimes tinged grey posteriorly.[2]
References
- "Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- Exotic Microlepidoptera 4 (1): 26 Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
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