Biology:Allotoma

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Short description: Genus of moths

Allotoma
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Genus: Allotoma
Hübner, 1819
Species:
A. cornifrons
Binomial name
Allotoma cornifrons
Hübner, 1819

Allotoma is a genus of moths in the superfamily Bombycoidea. The only species in the genus is Allotoma cornifrons, found in Borneo, Malaysia, and Sumatra.

The puzzling genus has been shuffled between the Notodontidae and Lymantriidae families without certainty of its correct classification. Holloway ruled out Noctuoidea and hypothesized that it may belong in the Bombycoidea superfamily without placing it more precisely.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4733220 entry