Atteva flavivitta

Atteva flavivitta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Atteva
Species: A. flavivitta
Binomial name
Atteva flavivitta
(Walker, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Carthara flavivitta Walker, 1866

Atteva flavivitta is a moth of the Yponomeutidae family. It is only known from Isla Margarita in Venezuela.

The blackish forewings with the long, slender yellowish central band make this species readily distinguished from all others in the New World.

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