Antaeotricha radicicola

Antaeotricha radicicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Antaeotricha
Species: A. radicicola
Binomial name
Antaeotricha radicicola
Meyrick, 1932

Antaeotricha radicicola is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1932. It is found in Peru.[1]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, with a few scattered fuscous specks and the discal stigmata dark fuscous, the first forming a small spot, the second dot-like, the plical elongate, black and obliquely beyond the first discal. There is a slight fuscous dot towards the costa beyond the middle and a marginal series of dark fuscous dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are whitish-grey.[2]

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