Anticrates metreta

Anticrates metreta is a moth of the Lacturidae family. It is known from Queensland, Australia.

Anticrates metreta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lacturidae
Genus:
Anticrates
Species:
A. metreta
Binomial name
Anticrates metreta
(Turner, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Epopsia metreta Turner, 1903

Adults have brown forewings, each with a white band outlined in orange across the middle and white patches at the base, tornus and apex. The hindwings are plain brown.[1] Anticrates metreta's wingspan is around 2cms. [2]

References
  1. lepidoptera.butterflyhouse
  2. "Anticrates metreta".


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