''Atteva'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s in the

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, '' Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the relationships, placement, and ranking of Attevidae have been published, but the prevalent view is that they likely form a monophyletic group within the Yponomeutoidea.Sohn et al. 2013

"A Molecular Phylogeny for Yponomeutoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Ditrysia) and Its Implications for Classification, Biogeography and the Evolution of Host Plant Use". ''PLoS One''. 8(1): e55066.

Species

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Atteva albiguttata ''Atteva albiguttata'' is a moth of the family Attevidae. It is found in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Aus ...

'' - Zeller, 1873 (from Australia) *''

Atteva albitarsis ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, '' Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the r ...

'' - Zeller, 1875 (Australian region) *''

Atteva aleatrix ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, '' Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the r ...

'' - Meyrick, 1922 (from Fiji) *''

Atteva anisochrysa ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, '' Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the r ...

'' - Meyrick, 1928 (from New Britain) *''

Atteva apicalis ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the rela ...

'' - Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863 (from Java, Philippines) *''

Atteva aurata ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, '' Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the r ...

'' - Butler, 1882 (Duke of York Islands/ Papua New Guinea) *'' Atteva aurea'' - (Fitch, 1856) (neotropics) *''

Atteva balanota ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the rela ...

'' - Meyrick, 1910 (from the Philippines) *''

Atteva basalis ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the rela ...

'' - Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863 (from the Moluccas) *''

Atteva charopis ''Atteva charopis'' is a moth of the family Attevidae. It is found in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Austral ...

'' - Turner, 1903 (from Australia) *''

Atteva chionosticta ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the rela ...

'' - Durrant, 1916 (from Dutch New Guinea) *''

Atteva conspicua ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the rela ...

'' - Walsingham, 1900 (from Moluccas/Papua New Guinea) *''

Atteva cosmogona ''Atteva cosmogona'' is a moth of the family Attevidae. It is found in the Atlantic Forest The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte stat ...

'' - Meyrick, 1931 (from Brazil) *''

Atteva cuprina ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the rela ...

'' - Felder, 1875 (from Moluccas/Celebes) *''

Atteva emissella ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the rela ...

'' - Walker, 1863 (from Sarawak/Borneo) *''

Atteva fabricella ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the rela ...

'' - Wallengren, 1861 from India/Borneo) *''

Atteva fabriciella ''Atteva fabriciella'', the Ailanthus webworm moth, is a moth of the family Attevidae. It is found in China, India and Sri Lanka. It is considered one of deadliest plant pest on ''Ailanthus ''Ailanthus'' (; derived from ''ailanto,'' an Ambo ...

'' - Swederus, 1787 *''

Atteva flavivitta ''Atteva flavivitta'' is a moth of the family Attevidae. It is only known from Isla Margarita in Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country o ...

'' - Walker, 1866 (from Colombia) *''

Atteva floridana The ailanthus webworm (''Atteva aurea'') is an ermine moth now found commonly in the United States. It was formerly known under the scientific name ''Atteva punctella'' (see Taxonomy section). This small, very colorful moth resembles a true bug ...

'' - (Neumoegen) (from Florida) *''

Atteva fulviguttata ''Atteva fulviguttata'' is a moth of the family Attevidae. It is endemic to Jamaica and Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean ...

'' - Zeller, 1873 (from the Antilles) *''

Atteva gemmata ''Atteva gemmata'' is a moth of the family Attevidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873 and is endemic to Cuba. It is very similar to '' Atteva rawlinsi'' from Hispaniola but half its size. In ''Atteva gemmata'' the dots are ...

'' - Grote, 1873 (from Cuba) *''

Atteva heliodoxa ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the rela ...

'' - Meyrick, 1910 *''

Atteva hesychina ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the rela ...

'' - Turner, 1923 (from Australia) *''

Atteva holenopla ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the rela ...

'' - Diakonoff, 1967 (from Luzon, Philippines) *''

Atteva hysginiella ''Atteva hysginiella'' is a moth of the family Attevidae. It is endemic to the Galapagos Islands. The larvae feed on ''Castela galapageia ''Castela'' is a genus of thorny shrubs and small trees in the family Simaroubaceae. Members of the g ...

'' - Wallengren, 1861 (from Galapagos) *''

Atteva impariguttata ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the rela ...

'' - Zeller, 1877 (from Sri Lanka) *''

Atteva impunctella ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the rela ...

'' - Ritsema, 1875 (from Ternate/Moluccas) *''

Atteva intermedia ''Atteva intermedia'' is a moth of the Attevidae family. It is endemic to Antigua Antigua ( ), also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the native population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles. It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribb ...

'' - Becker, 2009 (from Antigua) *''

Atteva iris ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the rela ...

'' - Felder, 1875 (from Moluccas) *''

Atteva mathewi ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the rela ...

'' - Butler, 1887 (from New Hebrides) *''

Atteva megalastra ''Atteva megalastra'' is a moth of the family Attevidae. It is found in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Austr ...

'' - Meyrick, 1907 (from Australia) *''

Atteva modesta ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the rela ...

'' - Snellen, 1901 *''

Atteva monerythra ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the rela ...

'' - Meyrick, 1926 (from Galapagos) *''

Atteva monoplanetis ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, '' Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the r ...

'' - Meyrick, 1910 (from Bismarck archipelago) *''

Atteva niphocosma ''Atteva niphocosma'' is a moth of the family Attevidae. It is found in the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland and northern Western Australia. The wingspan is about 30 mm. The larvae live communally in a web spun among ...

'' - Turner, 1903 (from Australia) *''

Atteva niveigutta ''Atteva niveigutta'' is a moth of the Attevidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, India ( Assam), Thailand and possibly China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's mos ...

'' - Walker, 1854 (Sylhet, Bangladesh) *''

Atteva numeratrix ''Atteva numeratrix'' is a moth of the family Attevidae ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into th ...

'' - Meyrick, 1930 (from Brazil) *''

Atteva pastulella ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, '' Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the r ...

'' - Fabricius, 1787 *''

Atteva porphyris ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, '' Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the r ...

'' - Meyrick, 1907 (from the Salomon islands) *''

Atteva pulchella ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, '' Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the r ...

'' - Moore, 1888 *''

Atteva pustulella ''Atteva pustulella'' is a moth of the family Attevidae. It is found from Costa Rica, where it meets '' Atteva aurea'', southwards to Uruguay and Argentina. It is also present in the Antilles. There are also several reports from Dominica, J ...

'' - Fabricius, 1794 (neotropics) *''

Atteva pyrothorax ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, '' Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the r ...

'' - Meyrick, 1928 *''

Atteva rawlinsi ''Atteva rawlinsi'' is a moth of the Attevidae ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperat ...

'' - Becker, 2009 (from the Dominican Republic) *''

Atteva rex ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the rela ...

'' - Butler, 1887 (from Salomon islands) *''

Atteva sciodoxa ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the rela ...

'' - Meyrick, 1908 (from Burma/Borneo) *''

Atteva scolecias ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, '' Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the r ...

'' - Meyrick, 1928 (from the Philippines) *''

Atteva siderea ''Atteva siderea'' is a moth of the family Attevidae ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the t ...

'' - Walsingham, 1891 (from the Dominican Republic) *''

Atteva sidereoides ''Atteva sidereoides'' is a moth of the Attevidae family. It is endemic to the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipel ...

'' - Becker, 2009 (from Jamaica) *''

Atteva sphaerodoxa ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, '' Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the r ...

'' - Meyrick, 1918 (from New Guinea) *''

Atteva sphaerotrocha ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the rela ...

'' - Meyrick, 1936 (from New Caledonia) *''

Atteva subaurata ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, '' Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the r ...

'' - Durrant, 1900 (from Sikkim and Assam) *''

Atteva teratias ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, '' Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the r ...

'' - Meyrick, 1907 (Woodlark Isl./Papua New Guinea) *''

Atteva triplex ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, '' Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the r ...

'' - Diakonoff, 1967 (from the Philippines) *''

Atteva wallengreni ''Atteva wallengreni'' is a moth of the Attevidae family. It is found in China (Guangdong, Hainan, Hongkong and Shaanxi), Indonesia (Bali), Malaysia (Perak), Thailand and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the So ...

'' - Sohn & Wu, 2013 (from China, Thailand, Vietnam) *''

Atteva yanguifella ''Atteva yanguifella'' is a moth of the Attevidae family. It is found in China (Xizang The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Repub ...

'' - Sohn & Wu, 2013 (from China) *''

Atteva zebra ''Atteva zebra'' is a moth of the family Attevidae. It is known only from Costa Rica and Panama. The larvae feed on shoot tips of '' Simarouba amara'' saplings and adult trees. It is more abundant than ''Atteva pustulella'', but may be found o ...

'' - Duckworth, 1967 (from Panama) *''

Atteva zebrina ''Atteva zebrina'' is a moth of the Attevidae ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, ''Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate ...

'' - Becker, 2009 (from Brazil)

Former species

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Atteva brucea ''Atteva fabriciella'', the Ailanthus webworm moth, is a moth of the family Attevidae. It is found in China, India and Sri Lanka. It is considered one of deadliest plant pest on ''Ailanthus ''Ailanthus'' (; derived from ''ailanto,'' an Ambo ...

'' - Moore, 1859 (synonym of ''Atteva fabriciella'') *''

Atteva carteri ''Atteva'' is a genus of moths in the monotypic family Attevidae. The group has a pantropical distribution; however, the range of at least one species, '' Atteva aurea'', extends into the temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the r ...

'' - Walsingham, 1891 (from Gambia - synonym of ''

Syncallia stellata ''Syncallia'' is a genus of moths of the family Yponomeutidae. Species *'' Syncallia carteri'' - Walsingham, 1891 *'' Syncallia stellata'' - Guérin-Meneville, 1844 Yponomeutidae {{Yponomeutidae-stub ...

'' Guérin-Méneville, 1844 *''

Atteva niviguttella ''Atteva fabriciella'', the Ailanthus webworm moth, is a moth of the family Attevidae. It is found in China, India and Sri Lanka. It is considered one of deadliest plant pest on ''Ailanthus ''Ailanthus'' (; derived from ''ailanto,'' an Ambo ...

'' - Walker, 1863 (synonym of ''Atteva fabriciella'')

References

Lep IndexBecker, 2009. A review of the New World Atteva Walker moths (Yponomeutidae, Attevinae). - Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 53(3): 349–355Sohn & Wu, 2013. "A taxonomic review of Attevidae (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea) from China with descriptions of two new species and a revised identity of the Ailanthus webworm moth, ''Atteva fabriciella'', from the Asian tropics".
''Journal of Insect Science'' 2013; 13:66. {{Yponomeutoidea-stub