Eucalantica
| Eucalantica | |
|---|---|
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| Eucalantica polita | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Yponomeutidae |
| Subfamily: | Saridoscelinae |
| Genus: | Busck, 1904 |
| Species | |
| See text | |
Eucalantica is a genus of moths of the family Yponomeutidae. Species in the genus are superficially similar to Thecobathra species, which also have a silvery white body and forewings, but differ from the latter in having a dark brown costal streak in forewing.
When resting, Eucalantica moths lay their body parallel to the substrate with their forelegs extended forward.[1]
Species
- Eucalantica costaricae - Sohn & Nishida, 2011
- Eucalantica ehecatlella - Sohn & Nishida, 2011
- Eucalantica icarusella - Sohn & Nishida, 2011
- Eucalantica polita - (Walsingham, 1881)
- Eucalantica powelli - Sohn, 2011
- Eucalantica pumila - Sohn, 2011
- Eucalantica vaquero - Sohn, 2011
References
- ^ A taxonomic review of Eucalantica Busck (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae) with descriptions of six new species
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