Catasema

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Catasema
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Cuculliinae
Genus: Catasema
Staudinger, 1888
Species:
C. vulpina
Binomial name
Catasema vulpina
(Staudinger, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Episema ? vulpinaStaudinger, 1888

Catasema is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Catasema vulpina, is found in Uzbekistan. Both the genus and species were first described by Otto Staudinger in 1888. [1] [2] [3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Catasema". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  2. Savela, Markku (April 27, 2008). "Catasema Staudinger, 1888". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Catasema Staudinger, 1888". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved January 24, 2021.