''Catada'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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 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)
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Catada auchja''
Lödl, 2002
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Catada bellaria''
Lödl & Paumkirchner, 2001
* ''
Catada bipartita''
(Moore, 1882)
* ''
Catada canaliferalis''
(Moore, 1877)
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Catada charalis''
Swinhoe, 1900
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Catada cornesi''
Lödl, 2001
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Catada dahlioides
''Catada'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. 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 lo ...
''
Rothschild, 1915
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Catada dichroana''
(Viette, 1958)
* ''
Catada griseomarginalis''
(Rothschild, 1915)
* ''
Catada ja''
Lödl, 2001
* ''
Catada janalis''
(Schaus, 1893)
* ''
Catada ndalla
''Catada'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. 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 lo ...
''
Bethune-Baker, 1911
* ''
Catada nebrida
''Catada'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. 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 lo ...
''
Holloway, 2008
* ''
Catada obscura
''Catada obscura'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Joseph de Joannis in 1906. It is found on Réunion and Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic ...
''
de Joannis, 1906
* ''
Catada phaeopasta
''Catada'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. 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 lo ...
''
Hampson, 1909
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Catada philemonalis
''Catada'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. 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 lo ...
''
(Walker, 1859)
* ''
Catada psychis
''Catada'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. 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 lo ...
''
Lödl & Paumkirchner, 2001
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Catada purpureotincta
''Catada'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. 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 lo ...
''
Hampson, 1895
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Catada rubricaea
''Catada'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. 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 lo ...
''
Schultze, 1907
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Catada rufula
''Catada'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. 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 lo ...
''
Holloway, 2008
* ''
Catada transversalis
''Catada'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. 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 lo ...
''
(Moore, 1877)
* ''
Catada vagalis''
Walker, 1859
References
*Lödl, Martin (1999). "Redescription of ''Catada vagalis'' (Walker,
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Events
By place
Europe
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1858) and some notes on the genus ''Catada'' Walker, (1859) 1858 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae)". ''Quadrifina''. 2: 137–144.
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Hypeninae
Moth genera
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