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Antiochtha coelatella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lecithoceridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Antiochtha

Antiochtha coelatella is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Adults are cinereous, the wings with a whitish marginal line. The forewings are purplish, with two transverse whitish costal streaks, and with a whitish discal ringlet. There are two whitish dots, the interior one near the interior border, the exterior one contiguous to the interior border.

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Antiochtha coelatella Wikipedia