Biology:Altiura

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Short description: Genus of moths

Altiura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
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Genus:
Altiura

J. F. G. Clarke, 1978
Species:
A. maculata
Binomial name
Altiura maculata
J. F. G. Clarke, 1978

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

  1. Savela, Markku. "Altiura Clarke, 1978". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/oecophoridae/oecophorinae/altiura/. Retrieved August 12, 2019. 
  2. J. F. Gates Clarke (1978). Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI: New Genera and Species of Oecophoridae from Chile. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology • Number 273. Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 19. http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0273.pdf. Retrieved 15 December 2017. 

Wikidata ☰ Q9608206 entry