Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Family Attevidae - Tropical Ermine Moths

Ailanthus Webworm Moth - Atteva aurea Colorfull 'bug' on my back door - Atteva aurea moth - Atteva aurea Ailanthus Webworm Moth – 2401 - Dorsal - Atteva aurea ailanthus webworm moth - Atteva aurea Ailanthus Webworm Moth - Atteva aurea Unknown insect - Atteva aurea Unidentified orange insect - Atteva aurea
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Yponomeutoidea (Ermine Moths and kin)
Family Attevidae (Tropical Ermine Moths)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Has sometimes been considered a subfamily (Attevinae) of Yponomeutidae; recent analyses have restored it to a full family.
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