Altiura
Appearance
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Altiura | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Oecophoridae |
Subfamily: | Oecophorinae |
Genus: | Altiura J. F. G. Clarke, 1978 |
Species: | A. maculata
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Binomial name | |
Altiura maculata J. F. G. Clarke, 1978
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Altiura maculata is a moth in the family Oecophoridae and the only species in the genus Altiura. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1978. It is found in Chile.[1]
The wingspan is 21–22 mm. The forewings are light orange yellow with the basal fifth of the costa broadly tawny with a violaceous tinge. There is a similarly colored spot on the middle of the costa. The hindwings are ocherous white.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku. "Altiura Clarke, 1978". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
- ^ J. F. Gates Clarke (1978). Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI: New Genera and Species of Oecophoridae from Chile (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology • Number 273. Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 19. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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