Family Attevidae Scientific name Atteva gemmata | Genus Atteva Rank Species | |
Similar Atteva pustulella, Attevidae, Atteva, Ailanthus webworm, Ermine moth | ||
Atteva gemmata is a moth of the family Attevidae. It is endemic to Cuba.
It is very similar to Atteva rawlinsi from Hispaniola but half its size. In Atteva gemmata the dots are reduced in number and connected to each other forming small, vertical, white lines.
Taxonomy
Both available names have been wrongly synonymised under Atteva pustulella (Walsingham, 1897) and reinstated as a valid species (Meyrick, 1914; Walsingham, 1914). However, it seems that both works were overlooked by Heppner & Duckworth (1983) and by Heppner (1984) who continued to follow Walsingham’s synonymy.
References
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