Altenia

Altenia
Altenia scriptella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Tribe:	Litini
Genus:	Altenia Sattler, 1960 [1]

Altenia is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It is found Europe, Asia, and North Africa. ^{[2] [3]} Host plants are known from families Empetraceae, Anacardiaceae, and Aceraceae. ^[3]

Species

There are seven recognized species: ^{[1] [2]}

• Altenia elsneriella Huemer & Karsholt, 1999
• Altenia inscriptella (Christoph, 1882)
• Altenia mersinella (Staudinger, 1879)
• Altenia modesta (Danilevsky, 1955)
• Altenia perspersella (Wocke, 1862)
• Altenia scriptella (Hubner, 1796)
• Altenia wagneriella (Rebel, 1926)

References

1. Hobern, D. & Sattler, K. (3 May 2025). "Altenia Sattler, 1960". Catalogue of World Gelechiidae 1.1.25.123. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
2. Savela, Markku. "Altenia Sattler, 1960". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
3. Lee, Sangmi & Brown, Richard L. (2008). "Revision of Holarctic Teleiodini (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Zootaxa. 1818 (1): 1–55. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1818.1.1.
4. "Altenia Sattler, 1960". Fauna Europaea . 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2025.