Catocha

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Catocha
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily: Micromyinae
Tribe: Catochini
Genus: Catocha
Haliday, 1833
Type species
Catocha latipes
Haliday, 1833

Catocha is a genus of wood midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. There are eight described species. [1] The genus was established in 1833 by Irish entomologist Alexander Henry Haliday. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 R.J. Gagne; M. Jaschof (2021). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (5th ed.). ISBN   978-0-9863941-3-3. Wikidata   Q109561625.