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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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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
edit- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Léger, Théo; Mally, Richard; Neinhuis, Christoph; Nuss, Matthias (2020). "Refining the phylogeny of Crambidae with complete sampling of subfamilies (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea)". Zoologica Scripta. 50 (1): 84–99. doi:10.1111/zsc.12452.
- ^ Krone, W. (1905). "Über die bisher unbekannten ersten Stände einiger Microlepidopteren" (PDF). Jahresberichte des Wiener Entomologischen Vereins (in German). 15: 93–103.
External links
edit- 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