Antaeotricha malachita

Antaeotricha malachita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Antaeotricha
Species:
A. malachita
Binomial name
Antaeotricha malachita
Meyrick, 1915

Antaeotricha malachita is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Guyana and Brazil.[1]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are dark indigo-blue-grey, the markings suffused bronzy-green, appearing blackish in certain lights. There are irregular curved streaks from the dorsum at the base and one-fourth, meeting in a spot on the costa at one-fourth and three irregular streaks from the dorsum from one-third to three-fourths, meeting in a spot on the middle of the costa. There is a transverse mark on the end of the cell, where some irregular whitish suffusion extends to the dorsum before the tornus. A curved streak is found from two-thirds of the costa to the tornus, edged posteriorly by a suffused whitish line except towards the costa. There is also a terminal streak expanded towards the costa and there are some white scales on termen towards the apex. The hindwings are blackish grey with the costal margin rather expanded from the base to two-thirds, with long rough projecting dark purple-grey hair scales, and a whitish subcostal hair pencil lying beneath the forewings.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 1 (13): 404 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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