Antaeotricha tectoria is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Guyana, French Guiana and Brazil.[1]

Antaeotricha tectoria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Antaeotricha
Species:
A. tectoria
Binomial name
Antaeotricha tectoria
(Meyrick, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Stenoma tectoria Meyrick, 1915

The wingspan is 32–33 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish with the dorsal three-fifths pale ochreous-grey and with a trapezoidal blotch of dark grey suffusion on the dorsum about two-thirds, not reaching half across the wing. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (14): 429   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.