Citharalia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cossidae described by Harry Kendon Clench in 1957.[1] Its only species, Citharalia idiosetoides, was also described by the same author in the same year and is found in Bolivia.[2]
Citharalia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cossidae |
Genus: | Citharalia Clench, 1957 |
Species: | C. idiosetoides
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Binomial name | |
Citharalia idiosetoides Clench, 1957
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Taxonomy
editResearch that suggests Citharalia does not fit in the Cossidae, and should be excluded from this family. The genus should perhaps be included in the Cossulinae.[3]
References
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- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Citharalia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Citharalia idiosetoides". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- ^ Schoorl, J.W. 1990: "A phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology". Zoologische Verhandelingen, 263: 1-295. PDF.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Search results Superfamily: Cossoidea". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw.