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Antaeotricha adjunctella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Antaeotricha

Antaeotricha adjunctella is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Walker in 1864. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas) and the Guianas.

Adults are pale cinereous straw colour, the forewings with a fawn-coloured basal patch, which is accompanied by black streaks. There is a black point in the disk beyond the middle and the exterior space is fawn coloured, whitish streaked and traversed by an outward-curved whitish line. The marginal points are black and whitish bordered. The hindwings are whitish, with the exterior part tinged with pale fawn-colour.

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Antaeotricha adjunctella Wikipedia