Catopta cashmirensis is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Kashmir,[1] the north-western Himalayas in India, Nepal, Bhutan and China (Tibet, northern Yunnan).[2]

Catopta cashmirensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Catopta
Species:
C. cashmirensis
Binomial name
Catopta cashmirensis
(Moore, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Zeuzera cashmirensis Moore, 1879
  • Cossus cashmirensis

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Catopta cashmirensis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
  2. ^ Yakovlev, R.V. ; Saldaitis, A. ; Kons, H., Jr. & Borth, R., 2013: A brief review of genus Catopta Staudinger, 1899 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) with description of a new species from China. Zootaxa 3709 (4): 330-340. Abstract: [1].