Pseudatteria splendens

Pseudatteria splendens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Pseudatteria
Species: P. splendens
Binomial name
Pseudatteria splendens
(Druce, 1901)[1]
Synonyms
  • Atteria splendens Druce, 1901
  • Atteria flabellata Meyrick, 1912

Pseudatteria splendens is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. 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.[2]

References

  1. ↑ tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ Neotropical Microlepidoptera, IX: Revision of Genus Pseudateria (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
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