Altha (moth)

Altha is a genus of moths of the family Limacodidae first described by Walker in 1862.

Altha
Altha lacteola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Limacodidae
Genus:
Altha

Walker, 1862
Type species
Altha nivea Walker, 1862
Synonyms

Description

Palpi short and slight. Mid and hind tibia lack spurs. Forewings with vein 7 from the cell or stalked with veins 8 and 9. Hindwing with vein 6 and 7 from the cell.[2]

Species

Some species of this genus are:[3]

  • 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Altha.
  1. The Moths of Borneo
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Altha Walker, 1862". Afromoths. Retrieved November 18, 2018.


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