Altha (moth)

Altha is a genus of moths of the family Limacodidae first described by Walker in 1862.

Description
Palpi short and slight. Mid and hind tibia lack spurs. Forewings with vein 7 from the cell or stalked with veins 8 and 9. Hindwing with vein 6 and 7 from the cell.

Species
Some species of this genus are:


 * Altha adala Moore, 1859
 * Altha alastor Tams, 1930 (from Sulawesi)
 * Altha ansorgei Bethune-Baker, 1911 (from Angola and Nigeria)
 * Altha basalis West, 1940 (from Congo and Tanzania)
 * Altha circumscripta Hering 1931
 * Altha contaminata Hampson, 1892
 * Altha lacides Hampson, 1910 (from Zambia)
 * Altha lacteola (Swinhoe, 1890) (from Taiwan and Vietnam)
 * Altha nivea Walker, 1862 (from India to Sundaland/Borneo)
 * Altha nix Solovyev & Witt, 2009 (from Laos, Thailand and Vietnam)
 * Altha nuristana Daniel 1865
 * Altha peralbida Swinhoe, 1904 (from India)
 * Altha pura (from Indonesia)
 * Altha rufescens Swinhoe
 * Altha rubrifusalis Hampson, 1910 (from Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone)
 * Altha subnotata Walker, 1865 (from India, Sri Lanka)