Antaeotricha haesitans

Antaeotricha haesitans is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1912. It is found in Mexico (Durango) and the United States, where it has been recorded from Texas.^[1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are pale fawn-ochreous, with an oblique fawn-brown line from the commencement of the costal cilia, descending straight to the tornus. A minute spot of the same at the end of the cell, another on the cell half-way between this and the base, a third in the middle of the fold. From the plical spot a line of brown scales descends obliquely outward to the dorsum and is diffused along it nearly to the tornus, but not conspicuously. There are a few small brown dots around the apex and termen at the base of the pale fawn cilia. The hindwings are fawn-brownish.^[2]

The larvae feed on Pithecellobium flexicaule.

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