Antaeotricha confixella

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Antaeotricha confixella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Antaeotricha
Species:
A. confixella
Binomial name
Antaeotricha confixella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Cryptolechia confixellaWalker, 1864

Antaeotricha confixella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Amazonas, Brazil. [1]

Adults are brown, the forewings for nearly one-third of the surface from the base obliquely brown and containing three black basal dots. The exterior surface is partly and slightly clouded with cinereous (ash gray) and there is a black transverse streak beyond the middle, composed of one spot and of three hinder points. There is a cinereous spot near the hinder side of the black spot and a little more exterior. The fringe is cinereous. The hindwings are brownish cinereous, whitish towards the base. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Antaeotricha confixella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  2. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 731 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .