Antaeotricha adjunctella
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Moth species in genus Antaeotricha
| Antaeotricha adjunctella | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Antaeotricha |
| Species: | A. adjunctella
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| Binomial name | |
| Antaeotricha adjunctella (Walker, 1864)
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Antaeotricha adjunctella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Amazonas in Brazil and in the Guianas.[1]
Adults are pale cinereous (ash-gray) straw colour, the forewings with a fawn-coloured basal patch, which is accompanied by black streaks. There is a black point in the disk beyond the middle and the exterior space is fawn coloured, whitish streaked and traversed by an outward-curved whitish line. The marginal points are black and whitish bordered. The hindwings are whitish, with the exterior part tinged with pale fawn colour.[2]
References
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Antaeotricha adjunctella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
- ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 726 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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