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Antaeotricha albulella
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Female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Antaeotricha
Species:	A. albulella
Binomial name
Antaeotricha albulella (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
Cryptolechia albulella Walker, 1864 Zauclophora albulella Cryptolechia vestalis Zeller, 1873 Antaeotricha vestalis Harpalyce albella Chambers, 1874

Antaeotricha albulella, the vestal moth, is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in the United States where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and West Virginia.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. Adults are white with a minute, indistinct ochreous spot at the end of the disc. There are also some scattered dark brown scales.

References

1. Becker, Vitor O. (1981). "Identities and provenance of the gelechioid moths originally described by Francis Walker from 'unknown countries'". Systematic Entomology. 6 (2): 137–141. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1981.tb00431.x. S2CID 85151624.
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Zauclophora albulella​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
3. Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.
4. The Canadian Entomologist 6 (12): 235 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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