''Arta'' is a genus of snout moths. It was described by
Augustus Radcliffe Grote
Augustus Radcliffe Grote (February 7, 1841 – September 12, 1903) was a British entomologist who described over 1,000 species of butterflies and moths.Osborn, H. 1937. Fragments of Entomological History. Columbus, OH: Published by the author ...
in 1875.
Species
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Arta bichordalis
''Arta bichordalis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Arta''. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot, in 1891, and is known from Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the ...
Arta calidalis
''Arta calidalis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Arta''. It was described by George Hampson in 1906, and is known from Guatemala and Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, lin ...
'' Hampson, 1906
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Arta encaustalis
''Arta encaustalis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Arta''. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1891, and is known from Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the ...
'' Ragonot, 1891
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Arta epicoenalis
''Arta epicoenalis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Arta''. It was described by Ragonot, in 1891, and is known from the United States, where it is found from California to Texas and Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choct ...
'' Ragonot, 1891
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Arta serialis
''Arta serialis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Arta''. It was described by George Hampson in 1897 and is known from Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest co ...
Arta olivalis
''Arta olivalis'', the olive arta moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Arta''. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1878, and is known from the southern United States.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bir ...