Catharia

Catharia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Cathariinae; Minet, 1982
Genus:	Catharia; Lederer, 1863
Species:	C. pyrenaealis
Binomial name
	Catharia pyrenaealis; (Duponchel, 1843)[1]
Synonyms
	Hercyna pyrenaealis Duponchel, 1843; Hercyna simplonialis Heydenreich, 1851; Catharia simplonialis; Hercyna simplonialis Herrich-Schäffer, 1848;

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]

It is placed in the disputed monotypic subfamily Cathariinae, described by Joël Minet in 1982, of the family Crambidae. 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.[3]

References

"GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
Fauna Europaea
Krone, W. (1905). "Über die bisher unbekannten ersten Stände einiger Microlepidopteren" (PDF). Jahresberichte des Wiener Entomologischen Vereins (in German). 15: 93–103.

External links

Lepiforum Catharia pyrenaealis
Savela, Markku. "Catharia Lederer, 1863". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
"GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
Lepidoptera Pyraloidea
Fauna Europaea

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[Pyraloidea_db-1] "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2019-10-18.

[2] Fauna Europaea

[Krone-1905-3] Krone, W. (1905). "Über die bisher unbekannten ersten Stände einiger Microlepidopteren" (PDF). Jahresberichte des Wiener Entomologischen Vereins (in German). 15: 93–103.