Antaeotricha leucillana

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Antaeotricha leucillana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Antaeotricha
Species:
A. leucillana
Binomial name
Antaeotricha leucillana
(Zeller, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Cryptolechia leucillanaZeller, 1854
  • Cryptolechia algidellaWalker, 1864

Antaeotricha leucillana, the pale gray bird-dropping moth, is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1854. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Texas, Oregon, Louisiana, Manitoba and Nova Scotia. [1] [2]

The wingspan is 15–23 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to August in Ohio. [3]

The larvae feed on the leaves of Pyracantha crenulata , Malus , Vaccinium corymbosum and Acer .

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References

  1. "Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Bug Guide