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Altenia
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Altenia

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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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Altenia scriptella

speciesAltenia scriptella

Altenia inscriptella

speciesAltenia inscriptella

Altenia mersinella

speciesAltenia mersinella

Altenia modesta

speciesAltenia modesta

Altenia perspersella

speciesAltenia perspersella

Altenia wagneriella

speciesAltenia wagneriella

Altenia elsneriella

speciesAltenia elsneriella

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 548734.