Atha

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Short description: Species of moth

Atha
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Subfamily: Oecophorinae
Genus: Atha
J. F. G. Clarke, 1978
Species:
A. trimacula
Binomial name
Atha trimacula
J. F. G. Clarke, 1978

Atha is a monotypic moth genus in the family Oecophoridae. Its only species, Atha trimacula, is found in Chile . Both the genus and species were described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1978.[1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are light buff overlaid with greyish fuscous, largely obscuring the lighter ground colour. There is a conspicuous, outwardly oblique, fuscous spot at the basal two-fifths, in the cell and there is a similar longitudinal blotch on the fold at the basal two-fifths. Across the end of the cell is an oblique fuscous spot. The hindwings are light greyish fuscous, paler basally.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q18522615 entry




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