Altha (moth)

Altha is a genus of moths of the family Limacodidae first described by Walker in 1862.

Altha
Altha lacteola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Limacodidae
Genus:
Altha

Walker, 1862
Type species
Altha nivea Walker, 1862
Synonyms

Description

Palpi short and slight. Mid and hind tibia lack spurs. Forewings with vein 7 from the cell or stalked with veins 8 and 9. Hindwing with vein 6 and 7 from the cell.[2]

Species

Some species of this genus are:[3]

  • Altha adala Moore, 1859
  • Altha alastor Tams, 1930 (from Sulawesi)
  • Altha ansorgei Bethune-Baker, 1911 (from Angola and Nigeria)
  • Altha basalis West, 1940 (from Congo and Tanzania)
  • Altha circumscripta Hering 1931
  • Altha contaminata Hampson, 1892
  • Altha lacides Hampson, 1910 (from Zambia)
  • Altha lacteola (Swinhoe, 1890) (from Taiwan and Vietnam)
  • Altha nivea Walker, 1862 (from India to Sundaland/Borneo)
  • Altha nix Solovyev & Witt, 2009 (from Laos, Thailand and Vietnam)
  • Altha nuristana Daniel 1865
  • Altha peralbida Swinhoe, 1904(from India)
  • Altha pura (from Indonesia)
  • Altha rufescens Swinhoe
  • Altha rubrifusalis Hampson, 1910 (from Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone)
  • Altha subnotata Walker, 1865(from India, Sri Lanka)
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References
  1. The Moths of Borneo
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Altha Walker, 1862". Afromoths. Retrieved November 18, 2018.


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