Antaeotricha caprimulga

Antaeotricha caprimulga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Antaeotricha
Species:	A. caprimulga
Binomial name
	Antaeotricha caprimulga; (Walsingham, 1912)
Synonyms
	Stenoma caprimulga Walsingham, 1912;

Antaeotricha caprimulga is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1912. It is found in Mexico (Vera Cruz).[1]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are white, partially suffused with brownish grey mixed with fuscous, the base and dorsum are almost entirely suffused, the ill-defined outer edge of the shaded area extending from the costa at one-fourth obliquely to the tornus, where it is joined by a more broken transverse shade from the costa before the apex, which is preceded by a strong triangular dark fuscous spot at the end of the cell. The apex and termen are also shaded with brown-grey, mixed, as are the other shades, with dark fuscous scales distributed about them. The hindwings are pale brownish grey, in males with an ochreous costal hair-pencil.[2]

References

Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera 4: 165

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[1] Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.

[2] Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera 4: 165