Antaeotricha chalinophanes

Antaeotricha chalinophanes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Antaeotricha
Species: A. chalinophanes
Binomial name
Antaeotricha chalinophanes
(Meyrick, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Stenoma chalinophanes Meyrick, 1931

Antaeotricha chalinophanes is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Bolivia.[1]

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.[2]

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