''Antaeotricha ammodes'' is a

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in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Lord Walsinghamin 1913. It is found in

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

(Tabasco). The

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is about 15.5 mm. The forewings are rich bright ochreous, unicolorous, except for a few, even more intensely coloured, long scales about the flexus. The hindwings are shining pale yellowish.''Biologia Centrali-Americana: Lepidoptera Heterocera'' 4: 176

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Moths described in 1913 ammodes Moths of Central America {{Antaeotricha-stub