''Allotalanta'' 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 w ...
s in the family
Cosmopterigidae
The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, seeds and stems of their host plants. About 1500 species are described. ...
. It was first described by
Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern micr ...
in 1913.
Species
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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
''Allotalanta globulosa'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in India
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''
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
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Cosmopteriginae
Moth genera
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