Allotalanta
Allotalanta is a genus of butterflies of the family splendor butterfly ( Cosmopterigidae ).
Features
The representatives of the genus are medium sized moths. The head is covered with tight -fitting scales, only on the sides they are slightly. The sensors have three quarters of the length of the forewing. The labial palps are long, slightly flattened and bent back. The forewings are broad and lanceolate. They are drawn either plain or with dots and dashes. The hind wings are as broad as the forewings and have a rounded apex.
The genital armature of the males is slightly asymmetrical. The Brachia are either symmetrical or asymmetrical, they are of different lengths and different shapes. The Tegumen is large and has a broad base. Distal it tapers. The Valven are simple, short and wide and tapers distally. Valvellae the long and more or less symmetrical. The aedeagus is bent very long and circular. The 8th Abdominaltergit is strongly sclerotized, the 8th Abdominalsternit is covered with long bristles.
In females, the posterior Apophyses are about twice as long as the anterior Apophyses. The sterigma is formed by a strongly sclerotized plate with lateral protrusions. The ductus bursae is long, tangle -shaped and membranous. The corpus bursae is provided with two small oval and Signa, which are surrounded by comb-like projections.
Dissemination
The representatives of the genus are mainly located in the Afrotropical and Oriental.
Biology
The biology of the species has not been described.
System
The genus Allotalanta currently include twelve species, of which only one is native to the Palaearctic region. The type species of the genus is Allotalanta autophaea.
- Allotalanta autophaea Meyrick, 1913 (Turkey, the Taurus Mountains )
- Allotalanta clonomicta Meyrick, 1927 (South Africa, KwaZulu -Natal)
- Allotalanta crocomitra ( Meyrick, 1914) (India, Kanara )
- Allotalanta deceptrix Meyrick, 1925 ( China, Liaoning )
- Allotalanta globulosa Meyrick, 1914 (Sri Lanka)
- Allotalanta lacteata Meyrick, 1914 (India, Coorg )
- Allotalanta ochrotoma Meyrick, 1930 ( Cameroon)
- Allotalanta oporista Meyrick, 1926 ( New Ireland )
- Allotalanta spilothyris Meyrick, 1922 ( India, Assam )
- Allotalanta synclera ( Meyrick, 1921) (India, Kanara )
- Allotalanta tephroclystis Merick, 1930 ( Cameroon)
- Allotalanta triocellata ( Stainton, 1859) (India)