Antaeotricha furcata

Antaeotricha furcata is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1889. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona and New Mexico.[1][2]

Antaeotricha furcata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Antaeotricha
Species:
A. furcata
Binomial name
Antaeotricha furcata
(Walsingham, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Stenoma furcata Walsingham, 1889

The wingspan is about 27 mm for males and 30 mm for females. The forewings are white, with a slight tinge of brownish-grey, commencing near the base of the dorsal margin and extending to the anal angle below the discal cell, and very faintly in a narrow line along the base of the cilia in the apical margin. In the females there is a faint indication of pale, greyish clouds and spots at the end of the cell, and of a pale greyish transverse line between this and the apical margin on the lower half of the wing, and in the abdominal angle are some raised scales. There are also a few divided black scales in the middle of the cilia. The hindwings are dark cinereous in males and pale greyish-ochreous in females.[3]

References
  1. Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854 at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Insect Life 2 (5): 153


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