Katha (moth)

Katha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Lithosiina
Genus:	Katha Moore, 1878

Katha is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Moore in 1878.

Most species were previously placed in the genus Eilema.[1]

Species

• Katha conformis (Walker, 1854)
• Katha deplana (Esper, 1787)
• Katha laevis (Butler, 1877)
• Katha magnata (Matsumura, 1927)
• Katha moorei Leech, 1890
• Katha nankunshanica Dubatolov, Kishida & M. Wang, 2012
• Katha nigropoda (Bremer & Grey, 1852)
• Katha prabana (Moore, 1859)
• Katha rungsi (Toulgoët, 1960)
• Katha suffusa (Leech, 1899)

References

1. Dubatolov, V. V. & Zolotuhin, V. V. (2011). "Does Eilema Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) present one or several genera?" (PDF). Euroasian Entomological Journal. 10 (3): 367–379, 380, VII.

• Dubatolov, Vladimir V.; Kishida, Yasunori & Wang, Min (May 2012). "New records of lichen-moths from the Nanling Mts., Guangdong, South China, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae: Lithosiinae)" (PDF). Tinea. 22 (1): 25–52. S2CID 86037229. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-10-09.