Pseudatteria splendens

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.

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

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. Tortricid.net
  2. Neotropical Microlepidoptera, IX: Revision of Genus Pseudateria (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
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