Atteva wallengreni
| Atteva wallengreni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Attevidae |
| Genus: | Atteva |
| Species: | A. wallengreni
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| Binomial name | |
| Atteva wallengreni Sohn & Wu, 2013
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Atteva wallengreni is a moth of the Attevidae family. It is found in China (Guangdong, Hainan, Hongkong and Shaanxi), Indonesia (Bali), Malaysia (Perak), Thailand and Vietnam.
Its forewings are about 11–15 mm long. They are orange with many white dots. Some dots join together to make short bar-like marks. The hindwings are also orange, and semitransparent near to the base.
Etymology
The species is named after Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren, the Swedish entomologist who described this species under the name Amblothridia fabricella.[1]
References
- ^ Sohn JC, Wu CS. (2013). "A taxonomic review of Attevidae (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea) from China with descriptions of two new species and a revised identity of the Ailanthus webworm moth, Atteva fabriciella, from the Asian tropics". J Insect Sci. 13 (66): 1–16. doi:10.1673/031.013.6601. PMC 3740914. PMID 23905539. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.