Antiochtha coelatella

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Antiochtha coelatella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Antiochtha
Species:
A. coelatella
Binomial name
Antiochtha coelatella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gasmara coelatellaWalker, 1864

Antiochtha coelatella is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka. [1]

Adults are cinereous (ash gray), the wings with a whitish marginal line. The forewings are purplish, with two transverse whitish costal streaks, and with a whitish discal ringlet. There are two whitish dots, the interior one near the interior border, the exterior one contiguous to the interior border. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Antiochtha coelatella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  2. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 30: 1040 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .