Antaeotricha haesitans explained

Antaeotricha haesitans is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1912. It is found in Mexico (Durango) and the United States, where it has been recorded from Texas.[1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are pale fawn-ochreous, with an oblique fawn-brown line from the commencement of the costal cilia, descending straight to the tornus. A minute spot of the same at the end of the cell, another on the cell halfway between this and the base, a third in the middle of the fold. From the plical spot a line of brown scales descends obliquely outward to the dorsum and is diffused along it nearly to the tornus, but not conspicuously. There are a few small brown dots around the apex and termen at the base of the pale fawn cilia. The hindwings are fawn-brownish.[2]

The larvae feed on Pithecellobium flexicaule.

Notes and References

  1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/depressariidae/stenomatinae/antaeotricha/ "Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854"
  2. https://archive.org/stream/mobotbca_15_04_00#page/n173/mode/1up Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera 4: 154