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Pseudatteria splendens

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Species of moth

Pseudatteria splendens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Pseudatteria
Species: P. splendens
Binomial name
Pseudatteria splendens
(H. Druce, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Atteria splendens H. Druce, 1901
  • Atteria flabellata Meyrick, 1912

Pseudatteria splendens is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1901. It is found in Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and Brazil.

It is a variable species, varying in some elements of the wing pattern, as well as in the reduction and/or division into smaller portions. The most constant external character consists of two costal streaks in the outer half of the forewing.

References

  1. Tortricid.net
  2. Neotropical Microlepidoptera, IX: Revision of Genus Pseudateria (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Pseudatteria splendens


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