''Allotalanta'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Cosmopterigidae
The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previ ...
. It was first described by
Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics.
Life and work
Ed ...
in 1913.
Species
* ''
Allotalanta autophaea''
Meyrick, 1913 (
Turkey
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,
Taurus Mountains
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)
* ''
Allotalanta clonomicta''
Meyrick, 1927 (
South Africa
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,
KwaZulu-Natal
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)
* ''
Allotalanta crocomitra''
Meyrick, 1914 (
India
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, Kanara)
* ''
Allotalanta deceptrix''
Meyrick, 1925 (
China
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, Liaoning)
* ''
Allotalanta globulosa''
Meyrick, 1914 (
Sri Lanka
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)
* ''
Allotalanta lacteata''
Meyrick, 1914 (India, Coorg)
* ''
Allotalanta ochthotoma''
Meyrick, 1930 (
Cameroon
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)
* ''
Allotalanta oporista''
Meyrick, 1926 (
New Ireland)
* ''
Allotalanta spilothyris''
Meyrick, 1922 (India, Assam)
* ''
Allotalanta synclera''
(Meyrick, 1921) (India, Kanara)
* ''
Allotalanta tephroclystis''
Meyrick, 1930 (Cameroon)
Former species
* ''
Allotalanta triocellata''
(Stainton, 1859) (India)
References
*
Cosmopteriginae
Cosmopterigidae genera
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