Altha is a genus of moths of the family Limacodidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862.
Description
Palpi short and slight. Mid and hind tibia lack spurs. Forewings with vein 7 from the cell or stalked with veins 8 and 9. Hindwing with vein 6 and 7 from the cell.
Species
Some species of this genus are:
- Altha adala <small>Moore, 1859</small>
- Altha alastor <small>Tams, 1930</small> (from Sulawesi)
- Altha ansorgei <small>Bethune-Baker, 1911</small> (from Angola and Nigeria)
- Altha basalis <small>West, 1940</small> (from Congo and Tanzania)
- Altha circumscripta <small>Hering 1931</small>
- Altha contaminata <small>Hampson, 1892</small>
- Altha lacides <small>Hampson, 1910</small> (from Zambia)
- Altha lacteola <small>(Swinhoe, 1890)</small> (from Taiwan and Vietnam)
- Altha nivea <small>Walker, 1862</small> (from India to Sundaland/Borneo)
- Altha nix <small>Solovyev & Witt, 2009</small> (from Laos, Thailand and Vietnam)
- Altha nuristana <small>Daniel 1865</small>
- Altha peralbida <small>Swinhoe, 1904</small>(from India)
- Altha pura (from Indonesia)
- Altha rufescens <small>Swinhoe</small>
- Altha rubrifusalis <small>Hampson, 1910</small> (from Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone)
- Altha subnotata <small>Walker, 1865</small>(from India, Sri Lanka)
References