Pseudatteria splendens is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1901. It is found in Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and Brazil.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Pseudatteria |
| Species: | P. splendens
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| Pseudatteria splendens | |
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It is a variable species, varying in some elements of the wing pattern, as well as in the reduction and/or division into smaller portions. The most constant external character consists of two costal streaks in the outer half of the forewing.[2]
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- ^ Tortricid.net
- ^ Neotropical Microlepidoptera, IX: Revision of Genus Pseudateria (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
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