Antaeotricha extenta

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Antaeotricha extenta
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Antaeotricha
Species:
A. extenta
Binomial name
Antaeotricha extenta
(Busck, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Stenoma extenta Busck, 1920
  • Antaeotricha ptilocrates Meyrick, 1932

Antaeotricha extenta is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by August Busck in 1920. It is found in Guatemala and Panama.[1]

The wingspan is about 29 mm. The forewings are fuscous, somewhat speckled darker, the dorsal area suffused dark fuscous from about one-fourth to three-fourths and there are three obscure darker dashes beneath the costa beyond the middle, as well as a faint darker transverse shade from tornus reaching half across the wing. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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