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Altenia

Lee, Sangmi;Brown, Richard L.

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Altenia is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It is found Europe, Asia, and North Africa. Host plants are known from families Empetraceae, Anacardiaceae, and Aceraceae.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyGelechiidae

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Altenia is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It is found Europe, Asia, and North Africa. Host plants are known from families Empetraceae, Anacardiaceae, and Aceraceae.

==Species== There are seven recognized species: Altenia elsneriella Huemer & Karsholt, 1999 Altenia inscriptella (Christoph, 1882) Altenia mersinella (Staudinger, 1879) Altenia modesta (Danilevsky, 1955) Altenia perspersella (Wocke, 1862) Altenia scriptella (Hubner, 1796) Altenia wagneriella (Rebel, 1926)

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