Atha

Atha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Subfamily:	Oecophorinae
Genus:	Atha ; J. F. G. Clarke, 1978
Species:	A. trimacula
Binomial name
	Atha trimacula; J. F. G. Clarke, 1978

Last updated January 18, 2024

Atha is a monotypic moth genus in the family Oecophoridae. Its only species, Atha trimacula, is found in Chile. Both the genus and species were described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1978.^[1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are light buff overlaid with greyish fuscous, largely obscuring the lighter ground colour. There is a conspicuous, outwardly oblique, fuscous spot at the basal two-fifths, in the cell and there is a similar longitudinal blotch on the fold at the basal two-fifths. Across the end of the cell is an oblique fuscous spot. The hindwings are light greyish fuscous, paler basally.^[2]

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References

↑ Savela, Markku. "Atha Clarke, 1978". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
↑ Clarke, J. F. Gates (1978). "Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI: New Genera and Species of Oecophoridae from Chile" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (273): 57. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Atha Clarke, 1978". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 14, 2019.

[2] Clarke, J. F. Gates (1978). "Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI: New Genera and Species of Oecophoridae from Chile" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (273): 57. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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