Antaeotricha malachita

Antaeotricha malachita is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Guyana and Brazil.^[1]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are dark indigo-blue-grey, the markings suffused bronzy-green, appearing blackish in certain lights. There are irregular curved streaks from the dorsum at the base and one-fourth, meeting in a spot on the costa at one-fourth and three irregular streaks from the dorsum from one-third to three-fourths, meeting in a spot on the middle of the costa. There is a transverse mark on the end of the cell, where some irregular whitish suffusion extends to the dorsum before the tornus. A curved streak is found from two-thirds of the costa to the tornus, edged posteriorly by a suffused whitish line except towards the costa. There is also a terminal streak expanded towards the costa and there are some white scales on termen towards the apex. The hindwings are blackish-grey with the costal margin rather expanded from the base to two-thirds, with long rough projecting dark purple-grey hairscales, and a whitish subcostal hairpencil lying beneath the forewings.^[2]

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