''Cataclysta'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s described by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1825.

Species

* '' Cataclysta aclistalis'' Dyar, 1914 * '' Cataclysta albifulvalis'' Marion, 1956 * '' Cataclysta albipunctalis'' Hampson, 1897 * '' Cataclysta ambahonalis'' (Marion, 1954) * '' Cataclysta amboinalis'' Hampson, 1917 * '' Cataclysta angulata'' Moore, 1885 * '' Cataclysta confusalis'' Marion, 1956 * '' Cataclysta hexalitha'' Meyrick, 1886 * '' Cataclysta lampetialis'' Walker, 1859 * '' Cataclysta lemnata'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Cataclysta marginipuncta'' Turner, 1937 * '' Cataclysta melanolitha'' (Turner, 1908) * '' Cataclysta ochrealis'' Marion, 1956 * '' Cataclysta pleonaxalis'' (Hampson, 1897) * '' Cataclysta polyrrapha'' Turner, 1937 * '' Cataclysta polystictalis'' (Hampson, 1906) * '' Cataclysta psathyrodes'' Turner, 1908 * '' Cataclysta pusillalis'' Saalmüller, 1880 * '' Cataclysta quintula'' (Meyrick, 1938) * '' Cataclysta seriopunctalis'' (Hampson, 1897) * '' Cataclysta suffuscalis'' Marion, 1956 * '' Cataclysta supercilialis'' Hampson, 1897

Former species

* '' Cataclysta argyrochrysalis'' Mabille, 1900 * '' Cataclysta callichromalis'' Mabille, 1879 * '' Cataclysta cyanolitha'' Meyrick, 1886 * '' Cataclysta diehlalis'' Marion, 1956 * '' Cataclysta leroii'' Strand, 1915 * '' Cataclysta nyasalis'' Hampson, 1917 * '' Cataclysta perirrorata'' Hampson, 1917

References

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Genus ''Cataclysta''
Acentropinae Crambidae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Acentropinae-stub