Antaeotricha vacata

Short description: Species of moth

Antaeotricha vacata

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Depressariidae
Genus:  | Antaeotricha
Species:  |

A. vacata

Binomial name
Antaeotricha vacata

Meyrick, 1925

Antaeotricha vacata is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is endemic to Grenada and Trinidad in the Caribbean.[1]

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The forewings are light greyish-ochreous with the costal edge whitish-ochreous. The hindwings are light grey with the costa dilated on the anterior half and with a broad median projection of long ochreous-whitish hair-scales partially suffused light grey.[2]

## References

1. ↑ "Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. ↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (5-7): 170

## External links

* West Indian Stenomidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)

Wikidata ☰ Q4770889 entry

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