Antaeotricha lophoptycha explained

Antaeotricha lophoptycha is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Brazil (Para).[1]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are white, the dorsal half tinged and irregularly irrorated fuscous. There is a subcostal groove from the base to two-fifths enclosing a white expansible hair-pencil and covered by a fringe of white scales. A short dark fuscous median dash is found near the base and there is a suffused dark fuscous oblique-elongate spot representing the first discal stigma, from before the middle of the dorsum a suffused dark fuscous triangular blotch extends towards this. The second discal stigma is dark fuscous, a faint oblique fuscous line from the middle of the costa to before this. There is an oblong dark fuscous blotch on the dorsum before the tornus, a nearly straight dark fuscous line from the costa at three-fourths running to the posterior angle of this. About seven dark fuscous marginal dots are found around the apex and termen. The hindwings are whitish, tinged grey posteriorly.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/depressariidae/stenomatinae/antaeotricha/ "Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854"
  2. https://archive.org/stream/exoticmicrolepid03meyr#page/188/mode/1up Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (5-7): 188