Catharia

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]

Catharia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Subfamily:
Cathariinae

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

It is placed in the disputed monotypic subfamily Cathariinae, described by Joël Minet in 1982, of the family Crambidae. 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.[3]

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