Antaeotricha adjunctella

Antaeotricha adjunctella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Antaeotricha
Species:	A. adjunctella
Binomial name
	Antaeotricha adjunctella; (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
	Cryptolechia adjunctella Walker, 1864; Cryptolechia additella Walker, 1864; Cryptolechia absconditella Walker, 1864;

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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Antaeotricha adjunctella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 2, 2018.

[2] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 726 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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