Atha
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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

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]

References

  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. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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