Antaeotricha albulella
Appearance
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Antaeotricha |
Species: | A. albulella
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Binomial name | |
Antaeotricha albulella (Walker, 1864)
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Antaeotricha albulella, the vestal moth, is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864.[2] It is found in the United States where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and West Virginia.[3]
The wingspan is about 15 mm. Adults are white with a minute, indistinct ochreous spot at the end of the disc. There are also some scattered dark brown scales.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Becker, Vitor O. (1981). "Identities and provenance of the gelechioid moths originally described by Francis Walker from 'unknown countries'". Systematic Entomology. 6 (2): 137–141. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1981.tb00431.x. S2CID 85151624.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Zauclophora albulella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ^ Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.
- ^ The Canadian Entomologist 6 (12): 235 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.