Antaeotricha scapularis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Antaeotricha |
Species: | A. scapularis |
Binomial name | |
Antaeotricha scapularis (Meyrick, 1918) | |
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Antaeotricha scapularis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in French Guiana.
The wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are glossy light leaden-grey with the costa towards the base narrowly yellow-ochreous, then the costal edge finely white to near the apex. There is a spot of blackish-grey suffusion above the middle of the dorsum, another above and slightly anterior to this, and a third more obscure beneath the lower angle of the cell. The hindwings are grey.
References
- "Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (7): 209 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Antaeotricha scapularis |
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