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Depressariidae
59a0227 – 1014   Antaeotricha leucillana Zeller, 1854
             Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth

© David Reed
Similar Species:
  • Antaeotricha schlaegeri
  • Antaeotricha lindseyi
  • Antaeotricha baboquivariensis
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • leucillana Zeller 1854 (Antaeotricha) - MONA 1983: 1014; Type locality: Gerogia
  • algidella Walker 1864 (Cryptolechia)
  • References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Duckworth, W.D., 1964. North American Stenomidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 116(3495): 32.
    • Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
    • Species Page at Block Island Moths
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    • Zeller, P.C., 1954. Die Depressarien und einige ihne nahe stehende gattungen. Linnaea entomologica : Zeitschrift herausgegeben von dem Entomologischen Vereine in Stettin., 9: 370.
    Antaeotricha leucillana
    © Larry Line
    Antaeotricha leucillana
    © Bob Patterson
    Antaeotricha leucillana
    © John Himmelman
    Antaeotricha leucillana
    © Tam Stuart
    Antaeotricha leucillana
    © Jason Dombroskie
    Antaeotricha leucillana
    © David Reed
    Antaeotricha leucillana
    © Gretchen Grammer
    Antaeotricha leucillana
    © Mark Dreiling - DNA
    Antaeotricha leucillana
    © Carol Wolf
    Antaeotricha leucillana
    17mm – © Jim Vargo
    Antaeotricha leucillana
    LG(cc) Miss. Ent. Mus.
    Antaeotricha leucillana
    © Ken Childs LG

    Antaeotricha leucillana
    © Ken Childs LG

    Antaeotricha leucillana
    © Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
    on Betula alleghaniensis
    Antaeotricha leucillana
    © Roxanne Bertrand (Quebec.ca) LG
    on Betula alleghaniensis

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