Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Depressariidae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Antaeotricha | |
Antaeotricha chalinophanes is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Bolivia.
The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous with white reflections, the subcostal area partially sutfused white and the basal third of the costa greyish, some light brownish-ochreous suffusion beneath this and on a dorsal spot towards the base. The second discal stigma is moderate and blackish and there is some greyish-ochreous suffusion on the costa about three-fourths, where a slightly curved or bent shade runs to the tornus, with some faint whitish suffusion beyond this. The hindwings are light grey, tinged whitish towards the base.
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