Altha (moth)

Altha
Altha lacteola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Limacodidae
Genus:	Altha Walker, 1862
Type species
Altha nivea Walker, 1862
Synonyms
Belgoraea [1]

Altha is a genus of moths of the family Limacodidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862.

Description

Palpi short and slight. Mid and hind tibia lack spurs. Forewings with vein 7 from the cell or stalked with veins 8 and 9. Hindwing with vein 6 and 7 from the cell. ^[2]

Species

Some species of this genus are: ^[3]

• Altha adala Moore, 1859
• Altha alastor Tams, 1930 (from Sulawesi)
• Altha ansorgei Bethune-Baker, 1911 (from Angola and Nigeria)
• Altha basalis West, 1940 (from Congo and Tanzania)
• Altha circumscripta Hering 1931
• Altha contaminata Hampson, 1892
• Altha lacides Hampson, 1910 (from Zambia)
• Altha lacteola (Swinhoe, 1890) (from Taiwan and Vietnam)
• Altha nivea Walker, 1862 (from India to Sundaland/Borneo)
• Altha nix Solovyev & Witt, 2009 (from Laos, Thailand and Vietnam)
• Altha nuristana Daniel 1865
• Altha peralbida Swinhoe, 1904(from India)
• Altha pura (from Indonesia)
• Altha rufescens Swinhoe
• Altha rubrifusalis Hampson, 1910 (from Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone)
• Altha subnotata Walker, 1865(from India, Sri Lanka)

References

• Walker, 1862. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society: Zoology 6: 173
• Encyclopedia of Life
• A.V. Solovyev & T.J. Witt, "The Limacodidae of Vietnam", Entomofauna, 2009, Suppl 16, page 53.

1. The Moths of Borneo
2. Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Altha Walker, 1862". Afromoths. Retrieved November 18, 2018.