Atha
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Arthropoda
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Class: | Insecta
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Genus: | Atha J. F. G. Clarke, 1978
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Species: | A. trimacula
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Binomial name | |
Atha trimacula J. F. G. Clarke, 1978
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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[]
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Atha Clarke, 1978". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
- ^ Clarke, J. F. Gates (1978). "Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI: New Genera and Species of Oecophoridae from Chile" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (273): 57.
Categories:
- Moths described in 1978
- Oecophorinae
- Monotypic moth genera
- Moths of South America
- Endemic fauna of Chile
- Oecophoridae stubs