Pseudatteria splendens

Pseudatteria splendens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Pseudatteria
Species:	P. splendens
Binomial name
	Pseudatteria splendens; (H. Druce, 1901)[1]
Synonyms
	Atteria splendens H. Druce, 1901; Atteria flabellata Meyrick, 1912;

Pseudatteria splendens is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1901. It is found in Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and Brazil.

It is a variable species, varying in some elements of the wing pattern, as well as in the reduction and/or division into smaller portions. The most constant external character consists of two costal streaks in the outer half of the forewing.[2]

References

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[1] Tortricid.net

[2] Neotropical Microlepidoptera, IX: Revision of Genus Pseudateria (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)