Citharalia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cossidae |
Genus: | Citharalia Clench, 1957 |
Species: | C. idiosetoides |
Binomial name | |
Citharalia idiosetoides Clench, 1957 | |
Citharalia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cossidae described by Harry Kendon Clench in 1957. [1] Its only species, Citharalia idiosetoides, was also described by the same author in the same year and is found in Bolivia. [2]
Research that suggests Citharalia does not fit in the Cossidae, and should be excluded from this family. The genus should perhaps be included in the Cossulinae. [3]
Sematurinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Sematuridae represented by at least 29 species in the Neotropics.
Ptyoptila is a monotypic moth genus of the family Oecophoridae described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1946. Its only species, Ptyoptila matutinella, was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria.
Argonestis is a monotypic moth genus in the family Lasiocampidae. The genus was erected by Vadim V. Zolotuhin in 1995. Its only species, Argonestis flammans, was described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in the Indian state of Manipur.
Adesmobathra is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Adesmobathra ozoloides, is found in Tanzania. Both the genus and species were first described by Prout in 1916.
Afrophyla is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1895. Its only species, Afrophyla vethi, was first described by Snellen in 1886. It is found in eastern Africa.
Altrivalvina is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Altrivalvina magnifica, was described from Yunnan, China. Both the genus and species were described by Wehrli in 1939.
Blepharoctenucha is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1895. Its only species, Blepharoctenucha virescens, first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880, is known from India and Taiwan.
Buttia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1904. Its only species, Buttia noctuodes, was described by the same author in the same year.
Caledasthena is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its single species, Caledasthena montana, is found in New Caledonia in the south-west Pacific Ocean. Both the genus and species were first described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1979.
Celonoptera is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, Celonoptera mirificaria, is found in south-eastern Europe. Both the genus and species were first described by Julius Lederer in 1862.
Honorana is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species is Honorana notaturia. Both the genus and species were first described by Blanchard in 1852.
Ithysia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species is Ithysia pravata. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825, but the species had been first described by Hübner in 1813.
Lachnocephala is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1953. Its only species, Lachnocephala vellosata, known from Chile, was described by the same author in the same year.
Megalotica is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Zimmerman in 1958.
Sorocaba is a monotypic moth genus of the family Phiditiidae. Its only species, Sorocaba anomala, is found in São Paulo, Brazil. Both the species and genus were described by Frederic Moore in 1882.
Groenendaelia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cossidae. Its only species, Groenendaelia kinabaluensis, is found in Sundaland, including Borneo. The habitat consists of montane forests and lowland areas.
Franzdanielia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cossidae. Its sole species, Franzdanielia likiangi, is found in China.
Semagystia monticola is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Grigory Grum-Grshimailo in 1890. It is found in Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Kirghizistan and Tajikistan.
The genus Mania comprises a group of tropical and semi-tropical New World moths in the family Sematuridae. The genus has historically been referred to as either Nothus or Sematura, but both of these names are invalid.