Antaeotricha arizonensis

Antaeotricha arizonensis
Male (top), female (bottom)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Antaeotricha
Species: A. arizonensis
Binomial name
Antaeotricha arizonensis
Ferris, 2010

Ferris's antaeotricha moth (Antaeotricha arizonensis) is a moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in the United States in the mountain ranges in south-eastern Arizona and south-western New Mexico.

The forewing length is 9-11 mm and the wingspan is about 21 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-June to October, suggesting more than one generation.

Larvae have been reared from Quercus hypoleucoides.

Etymology

The name arizonensis (adjective) denotes the geographic locality from which the species is described.

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