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Antaeotricha pyrobathra

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Antaeotricha

Antaeotricha pyrobathra is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Brazil.

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are light ochreous-grey, with lilac reflections and an orange-red basal spot, very narrow on the dorsum, including a dark grey dot on the base of the costa, edged grey-whitish on the rest of the costa and the upper half, followed on the dorsum by short grey-whitish suffusion and a subdorsal streak of blackish-grey suffusion. The hindwings are light grey.

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Antaeotricha pyrobathra Wikipedia