Moth Photographers Group – Atteva aurea

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Attevidae

36a0034 – 2401 Atteva aurea (Fitch, 1856)

Ailanthus Webworm

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Synonymy:	aurea (Fitch, 1856) (Deiopeia) compta (Clemens, 1861) (Poeciloptera) edithella Busck, 1908 (Atteva) ergatica Walsingham, 1914 (Atteva) exquisita Busck, 1912 (Atteva) floridana (Neumoegen, 1891) (Oeta) microsticta Walsingham, 1914 (Atteva) punctella of authors; (not Stoll, in: Cramer, [1782]) (Phalaena) misappl.
Taxonomic Notes:	Atteva aurea (Fitch, 1856) includes as a synonym Atteva punctella of authors; (not Stoll, 1782); A. floridana is returned to synonymy of aurea, ZooKeys, 46: 41-60. (Atteva punctella, a species not found north of Central America, is a homonym of Phalaena punctella Linnaeus, 1761, and is replaced by pustulella (Fabricius), ZooKeys, 46: 41-60)

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
Becker, V.O., 2009. A review of the New World Atteva Walker moths (Yponomeutidae, Attevinae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 53(3): 349-355.
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 10.42m; p. 105. Book Review and ordering
Species Page at Block Island Moths
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at Mass Moths
Species page at Moths of North Dakota.
Wilson, J., J.-F. Landry, D. Janzen, W. Hallwachs, V. Nazari, M. Hajibabaei & P. Hebert, 2010. Identity of the ailanthus webworm moth (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae), a complex of two species: evidence from DNA barcoding, morphology and ecology. ZooKeys, 46: 41-60.