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Altha (moth)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Limacodidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Subfamily
  
Limacodinae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Butterflies and moths, Miresa, Limacodidae

Altha is a genus of moths of the Limacodidae family.

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Description

Palpi short and slight. Mid and hind tibia lack spurs. Fore wings with vein 7 from the cell or stalked with veins 8 and 9. Hind wing with vein 6 and 7 from the cell.

Species

Some species of this genus are:

  • 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)
  • References

    Altha (moth) Wikipedia