''Catada'' is a

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s of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.

Description

Palpi slender, sickle shaped and naked. Second joint reaching far above vertex of head and tapering to extremity. Third joint long and slender. Antennae of male somewhat thickened and flattened or minutely ciliated. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Forewings with vein 7 from upper angle of cell. Hindwings with vein 5 from middle of discocellulars, where veins 6 and 7 usually arise from cell.

Species

Some species of this genus are: * '' Catada agassizi'' Holloway, 2008 * '' Catada antipodalis'' (Holland, 1900) * '' Catada auchja'' Lödl, 2002 * '' Catada bellaria'' Lödl & Paumkirchner, 2001 * '' Catada bipartita'' (Moore, 1882) * '' Catada canaliferalis'' (Moore, 1877) * '' Catada charalis'' Swinhoe, 1900 * '' Catada cornesi'' Lödl, 2001 * '' Catada dahlioides'' Rothschild, 1915 * '' Catada dichroana'' (Viette, 1958) * '' Catada griseomarginalis'' (Rothschild, 1915) * '' Catada ja'' Lödl, 2001 * '' Catada janalis'' (Schaus, 1893) * '' Catada ndalla'' Bethune-Baker, 1911 * '' Catada nebrida'' Holloway, 2008 * '' Catada obscura'' de Joannis, 1906 * '' Catada phaeopasta'' Hampson, 1909 * '' Catada philemonalis'' (Walker, 1859) * '' Catada psychis'' Lödl & Paumkirchner, 2001 * '' Catada purpureotincta'' Hampson, 1895 * '' Catada rubricaea'' Schultze, 1907 * '' Catada rufula'' Holloway, 2008 * '' Catada transversalis'' (Moore, 1877) * '' Catada vagalis'' Walker, 1859

References

*Lödl, Martin (1999). "Redescription of ''Catada vagalis'' (Walker,

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1858) and some notes on the genus ''Catada'' Walker, (1859) 1858 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae)". ''Quadrifina''. 2: 137–144. * * Hypeninae Moth genera {{Hypeninae-stub