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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)

Family Depressariidae

Subfamily Stenomatinae (Stenomatidae)

Genus Antaeotricha

Species furcata (Antaeotricha furcata - Hodges#1017)

Hodges Number

1017

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Antaeotricha furcata (Walsingham, 1889)

Stenoma furcata Walsingham, 1889

Numbers

The genus Antaeotricha includes 18 species in America, north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Walsingham (1889) listed the wingspan:

♂ 27 mm.

♀ 30 mm.

Identification

Walsingham (1889) stated the forewing of Antaeotricha furcata lacks the gray cloudy patches on Antaeotricha schlaegeri. The forewings are also narrower and more elongated than A. schlaegeri.

The Duckworth (1966) description is available in PDF. (2)

Range

Texas to Arizona. (3)

Season

Duckworth (1966) included May to September records. (2)

Food

Duckworth (1966) did not mention a host plant. (2)

Print References

Duckworth, W.D., 1966. North American Stenomidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Proceedings of The United States National Museum, 116(3495): 36; figs. 7, 28; plate 2a; map 4. (2)

Walsingham, L., 1889. Steps towards a revision of Chambers' index, with notes and descriptions of new species. Insect Life, 2: 153.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Butterflies and Moths of North America (4)

Works Cited

1.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

2.	North American Stenomidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). W. Donald Duckworth. 1964. Proceedings of The United States National Museum, 116(3495): 23-71.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Butterflies of North America

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 4 July, 2013 - 11:45pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 4:19pm

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