Altha

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Superfamilia: Zygaenoidea

Familia: Limacodidae
Subfamilia: Limacodinae
Genus: Altha
Subgenera: A. (Altha) – A. (Belgoraea)
Name

Altha Walker, 1862

Type species: Altha nivea Francis Walker, 1862 by monotypy.
References

Holloway, Jeremy D., 1990, The Limacodidae of Sumatra. Heterocera Sumatrana Society 6: 9–77.
Solovyev, A.V. & Witt, T.J. 2009. The Limacodidae of Vietnam (Lepidoptera). Entomofauna Supplement 16: 33–230. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Altha is a genus of moths of the family Limacodidae first described by 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.

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