| Alloclita gambiella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Alloclita |
| Species: | A. gambiella |
| Binomial name | |
| Alloclita gambiella (Walsingham, 1891) [1] | |
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Alloclita gambiella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1891. It is found in Gambia and Yemen. [2]
Lepidoptera is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 families and 46 superfamilies, 10 percent of the total described species of living organisms. It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world. The Lepidoptera show many variations of the basic body structure that have evolved to gain advantages in lifestyle and distribution. Recent estimates suggest the order may have more species than earlier thought, and is among the four most speciose orders, along with the Hymenoptera, Diptera, and Coleoptera.
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.
The Arctiinae are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This subfamily includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths which usually have bright colours, footmen which are usually much drabber, lichen moths, and wasp moths. Many species have "hairy" caterpillars that are popularly known as woolly bears or woolly worms. The scientific name Arctiinae refers to this hairiness. Some species within the Arctiinae have the word tussock in their common name because they have been misidentified as members of the Lymantriinae subfamily based on the characteristics of the larvae.
Alloclita is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Alloclita recisella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Portugal, Spain, Greece and on Corsica, Sicily and Cyprus. It has also been recorded from Israel.
Alloclita haifensis is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in the Near East and the Middle East.
Alloclita delozona is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found from Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to Pakistan and India.
Alloclita brachygrapta is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in the Egypt. The species was described on the basis of two males in the collection of the Natural History Museum in London.
Alloclita delozona is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in North Africa.
The Antequerinae are a subfamily of the Cosmopterigidae. In the Nearctic, the subfamily consists of eight species in four genera, found in North America and England.
Alloclita cerritella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Riedl in 1993. It is found in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Alloclita paraphracta is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in South Africa.
Alloclita plumbaria is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Zimbabwe.
Alloclita reflua is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.
Alloclita xylodesma is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in South Africa.
Alloclita zelotypa is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Mozambique.
Alloclita coleophorella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Riedl in 1993. It is found in Saudi Arabia.
Alloclita insignitella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Harald Udo von Riedl in 1993. It is mainly found in Saudi Arabia.
Alloclita subitariella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Riedl in 1993. It is found in Saudi Arabia.
Alloclita mongolica is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Sinev in 1993. It is found in Mongolia.
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