Biology:Antaeotricha discolor

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Short description: Species of moth

Antaeotricha discolor
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Antaeotricha
Species:
A. discolor
Binomial name
Antaeotricha discolor
(Walsingham, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Stenoma discolor Walsingham, 1912

Antaeotricha discolor is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1912. It is found in Mexico (Guerrero) and Guatemala.[1]

The wingspan is 25–32 mm. The forewings are shining silvery white, with a long dark yellowish brown dorsal patch, sparsely sprinkled with white scales, occupying the whole space beneath the fold, and slightly overlapping the fold before and beyond its middle. A reduplicated yellowish spot, at the end of the cell is followed by a short pale greyish fuscous shade, a double curved row of pale greyish fuscous spots precedes the apex and termen, converging in a shade of the same colour about the tornus, but not reaching the costa. The hindwings are very pale brownish grey, the costa and apex broadly white.[2]

References

  1. Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera 4: 164 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13376891 entry