Catanomistis is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae. It contains only one species, Catanomistis loxophracta, which is found in Madagascar.[1]

Catanomistis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Subfamily: Xyloryctinae
Genus: Catanomistis
Meyrick, 1933
Species:
C. loxophracta
Binomial name
Catanomistis loxophracta
Meyrick, 1933

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References

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  • Meyrick, 1933a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4. - — 4(12–14):353–448.
  • Viette, 1955. Etude des types de Microlépidoptères (Tineidae s.l.) malgaches de Meyrick du Muséum de Vienne. - Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 60:279–286.