Cathayia insularum is a species of snout moth in the genus Cathayia. It was described by Speidel and Schmitz in 1991, and is known from Spain,[1] Malta and the Canary Islands.[2]
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| Cathayia insularum (Speidel & Schmitz, 1991)[1]
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The larvae have been recorded feeding on the inflorescence of Phoenix canariensis and Phoenix dactylifera[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Estados inmaturos de Lepidoptera (XXXIV). Cathayia insularum (Speidel & Schmitz, 1991) en Huelva, España (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Galleriinae) Archived 2012-07-14 at archive.today
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