''Atteva pustulella'' 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 temperate zone. No consistent hypotheses regarding the rela ...
. It is found from
Costa Rica
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, where it meets ''
Atteva aurea'', southwards to
Uruguay and
Argentina. It is also present in the
Antilles. There are also several reports from
Dominica
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,
Jamaica,
Haiti
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and
Martinique.
The larvae feed only on new shoots of ''
Simarouba amara''. There are records for
''
Ailanthus altissima'' in Argentina (Berg 1880), ''
Castela erecta'' in Saint Croix, Antilles (Walsingham, 1914), ''
Castela peninsularis'', ''
Castela polyandra'' and ''
Castela emory'' in the United States (Powell et al. 1973), but these are doubtful records for which either the host or the moth species may be misidentified (Becker 2009).
External links
A review of the New World Atteva (Walker) moths (Yponomeutidae, Attevinae)Identity of the ailanthus webworm moth (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae), a complex of two species: evidence from DNA barcoding, morphology and ecology
Attevidae
Moths described in 1787
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