Catotricha

Catotricha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Cecidomyiidae
Subfamily:	Catotrichinae
Genus:	Catotricha Edwards, 1938
Type species
Catotricha americana (Felt, 1908)

Catotricha is a genus of midges in the family Cecidomyiidae. The five described species in Catotricha are found in the holarctic region. ^{[1] [2]} This genus was established by British entomologist Frederick Wallace Edwards in 1938. ^[2] with Catocha americana Felt, 1908 from Northeastern USA and Canada as the type species.

Species

These five species belong to the genus Catotricha:

• Catotricha americana (Felt, 1908)
• Catotricha marinae Mamaev, 1985
• Catotricha nipponensis (Alexander 1924)
• Catotricha subobsoleta (Alexander, 1924)
• Catotricha subterranea Mamaev, 1985

References

1. R.J. Gagne; M. Jaschof (2025). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (6th ed.). Zenodo. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.15409750. ISBN   978-0-9863941-5-7. Wikidata   Q134973019.
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.

Further reading

• Gagné, R. J. (1989). The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America. Cornell University Press. ISBN   978-0-8014-1918-8.
• Gagné, R. J. (1994). The Gall Midges of the Neotropical Region. Cornell University Press. ISBN   978-0-8014-2786-2.
• Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2017). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World, Fourth Edition (PDF). Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture.
• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN   978-0-660-10731-8.
• Gagné, Raymond J.; Jaschhof, Mathias (2014). A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World (PDF) (Report). Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA.