Antaeotricha albulella

Antaeotricha albulella
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Antaeotricha
Species: A. albulella
Binomial name
Antaeotricha albulella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Cryptolechia albulella Walker, 1864
  • Zauclophora albulella
  • Cryptolechia vestalis Zeller, 1873[1]
  • Antaeotricha vestalis
  • Harpalyce albella Chambers, 1874

Antaeotricha albulella, the Vestal moth, is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Walker in 1864.[2] It is found in the United States where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and West Virginia.[3]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. Adults are white with a minute, indistinct ochreous spot at the end of the disc. There are also some scattered dark brown scales.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Identities and provenance of the gelechioid moths originally described by Francis Walker from ‘unknown countries’
  2. ↑ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
  3. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  4. ↑ Can. Ent. 6 (12) : 235
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