Antaeotricha humilis

Antaeotricha humilis, the dotted anteotricha moth, is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1855. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.[1]

Antaeotricha humilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Antaeotricha
Species:
A. humilis
Binomial name
Antaeotricha humilis
(Zeller, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Cryptolechia humilis Zeller, 1855
  • Cryptolechia nubeculosa Zeller, 1873
  • Harpalyce canusella Chambers, 1874

The wingspan is about 14 mm.[2] Adults are greyish, almost white with obscure patches of very pale fuscous on the forewings. There is a small brown spot within the dorsal margin, before the middle and another a little behind it on the fold, and yet another at the end of the disc.[3]

The larvae feed on Quercus species, tying the leaves of their host plant.[4]

References
  1. "Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Description of Harpalyce canusella in The Canadian Entomologist 6 (12): 235
  4. Bug Guide


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