Catharia
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| Catharia | |
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| File:Catharia pyrenaealis.JPG | |
| File:Catharia pyrenaealis1.JPG | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Glaphyriinae Minet, 1982 |
| Genus: | Catharia Lederer, 1863 |
| Species: | C. pyrenaealis
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| Binomial name | |
| Catharia pyrenaealis | |
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Catharia is a monotypic moth genus described by Julius Lederer in 1863. It contains the single species Catharia pyrenaealis described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1843. It is found in Central Europe.[2]
The genus, which was formerly placed in the disputed monotypic subfamily Cathariinae, is now placed in the subfamily Glaphyriinae according to a pylogenetic analysis based on gene data.[3] Different authors treat Catharia simplonialis as either a valid species or a subspecies of Catharia pyrenaealis.
The larvae of C. pyrenaealis are recorded to feed on the Caryophyllaceae Heliosperma alpestre.[4]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Lepiforum Catharia pyrenaealis
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- Lepidoptera Pyraloidea
- Fauna Europaea
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