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Antaeotricha unisecta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Antaeotricha

Antaeotricha unisecta is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found in Brazil.

The wingspan is 17-20 mm. The forewings are white, with the dorsal half whitish-ochreous and with a very dark brown band occupying the dorsal area to the fold, and posteriorly to vein 4, interrupted beyond the middle by an oblique bar, variable in width and sometimes obsolete in males. There is a terminal series of dark fuscous dots, also sometimes obsolete in males. The hindwings are whitish, sometimes tinged grey posteriorly.

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Antaeotricha unisecta Wikipedia