Altha is a genus of moths of the family Limacodidae first described by Francis 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)
References
Walker, 1862. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society: Zoology 6: 173 Encyclopedia of Life A.V. Solovyev & T.J. Witt, "The Limacodidae of Vietnam", Entomofauna, 2009, Suppl 16, page 53.