Antaeotricha trisecta

Antaeotricha trisecta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Antaeotricha
Species:	A. trisecta
Binomial name
Antaeotricha trisecta (Walsingham, 1912)
Synonyms
Athleta trisecta Walsingham, 1912

Antaeotricha trisecta is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1912. It is found in Mexico (Tabasco) and Guatemala.[1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are shining, silvery white, with a broad dark mouse-grey patch along the dorsum, somewhat dilated from the base below the fold, crossing the middle of the fold and abruptly ending with a convex margin two-thirds of the distance between the cell and the termen, where it extends fully as high as the upper edge of the cell. A slender line continues the curve of its outer margin to the costa. This patch is twice interrupted by the white ground colour, first at about one-third, secondly beyond the middle, after each interruption a curved line of the dark mouse-grey scales is produced backward from the inner edge of the patch beyond, the first of these lines sometimes forming a semi-detached streak, nearly reaching to the base of the wing. Around the termen and apex is a slight clouding of dark mouse-grey scales forming a series of connected spots between the veins. The hindwings are pale brownish grey.[2]

References

1. "Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
2. Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera 4: 155 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.