Antaeotricha tricapsis
Antaeotricha tricapsis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Antaeotricha |
Species: | A. tricapsis
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Binomial name | |
Antaeotricha tricapsis (Meyrick, 1930)
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Antaeotricha tricapsis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found in Brazil.[1]
The wingspan is 18–21 mm. The forewings are white with three dark fuscous subquadrate dorsal blotches, the first basal, the second and third with short oblique lines from the upper anterior angle, from the upper posterior angle of the third a slightly sinuate row of dark fuscous dots to the costa. There is a terminal series of four or five black dots. The hindwings are pale whitish-yellow.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 4 (1): 26 Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
Categories:
- Moths described in 1930
- Antaeotricha
- Moths of South America
- Antaeotricha stubs