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Ancipita atteria

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ancipita Busck, 1914

Ancipita atteria is a moth in the Depressariidae family, and the only species in the genus Ancipita. It was described by Busck in 1914 and is found in Panama.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are brick red, with golden yellow costal and dorsal edges and with three broad, longitudinal, black streaks from near the base to just before the apical edge of the wing. These black bands are interrupted beyond the middle of the wing by a narrow, brick-red crossline, connecting the two edges of the wing. The hindwings are brick red with the apical third black.

References

Ancipita atteria Wikipedia