Ancipita atteria

Ancipita atteria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Ancipita
Busck, 1914
Species: A. atteria
Binomial name
Ancipita atteria
Busck, 1914

Ancipita atteria is a moth in the Depressariidae family, and the only species in the genus Ancipita. It was described by Busck in 1914 and is found in Panama.[1]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are brick red, with golden yellow costal and dorsal edges and with three broad, longitudinal, black streaks from near the base to just before the apical edge of the wing. These black bands are interrupted beyond the middle of the wing by a narrow, brick-red crossline, connecting the two edges of the wing. The hindwings are brick red with the apical third black.[2]

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