Catharia

Catharia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Glaphyriinae
Minet, 1982
Genus: Catharia
Lederer, 1863
Species:
C. pyrenaealis
Binomial name
Catharia pyrenaealis
(Duponchel, 1843)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hercyna pyrenaealis Duponchel, 1843
  • Hercyna simplonialis Heydenreich, 1851
  • Catharia simplonialis
  • Hercyna simplonialis Herrich-Schäffer, 1848

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]

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

  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Krone, W. (1905). "Über die bisher unbekannten ersten Stände einiger Microlepidopteren" (PDF). Jahresberichte des Wiener Entomologischen Vereins (in German). 15: 93–103.