Antiochtha coelatella

Antiochtha coelatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Antiochtha
Species: A. coelatella
Binomial name
Antiochtha coelatella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gasmara coelatella Walker, 1864

Antiochtha coelatella is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

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.[2]

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