Antaeotricha extenta
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]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Antaeotricha |
| Species: | A. extenta |
| Binomial name | |
| Antaeotricha extenta (Busck, 1920) | |
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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]
References
- Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- Description of Antaeotricha ptilocrates in Exotic Microlepidoptera 4 (10): 289 Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
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