Antaeotricha vacata is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is endemic to Grenada and Trinidad in the Caribbean.[1]
Antaeotricha vacata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Antaeotricha |
Species: | A. vacata
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Binomial name | |
Antaeotricha vacata Meyrick, 1925
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The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The forewings are light greyish-ochreous with the costal edge whitish-ochreous. The hindwings are light grey with the costa dilated on the anterior half and with a broad median projection of long ochreous-whitish hair-scales partially suffused light grey.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (5-7): 170 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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