Amydria taracta

Amydria taracta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Acrolophidae
Genus:	Amydria
Species:	A. taracta
Binomial name
	Amydria taracta; Walsingham, 1914

Last updated March 09, 2019

Amydria taracta is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in Guatemala.^[1]

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and 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.

Acrolophidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera. In addition, there are about 300 species, which live in the wild only in the New World.

Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, Belize and the Caribbean to the northeast, Honduras to the east, El Salvador to the southeast and the Pacific Ocean to the south. With an estimated population of around 16.6 million, it is the most populated country in Central America. Guatemala is a representative democracy; its capital and largest city is Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, also known as Guatemala City.

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References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Amydria taracta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 25, 2018.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Amydria taracta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 25, 2018.