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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.
Eucalantica | |
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Eucalantica polita | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Yponomeutidae |
Subfamily: | Saridoscelinae |
Genus: | Eucalantica Busck, 1904 |
Species | |
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When resting, Eucalantica moths lay their body parallel to the substrate with their forelegs extended forward.[1]
Species
edit- 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
edit- ^ A taxonomic review of Eucalantica Busck (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae) with descriptions of six new species This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.