''Cathayia insularum'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''

Cathayia ''Cathayia'' is a genus of Pyralidae, snout moths. It was described by George Hampson in 1901 and is known from Spain, Australia, China and Borneo. Species * ''Cathayia insularum'' (Speidel & Schmitz, 1991) * ''Cathayia lineata'' (Turner, 1942) * ...

''. It was described by Speidel and Schmitz in 1991, and is known from Spain, Malta and the

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...

. The larvae have been recorded feeding on the inflorescence of ''

Phoenix canariensis ''Phoenix canariensis'', the Canary Island date palm or pineapple palm, is a species of flowering plant in the palm family Arecaceae, native to the Canary Islands off the coast of Morocco. It is a relative of ''Phoenix dactylifera'', the true dat ...

'' and '' Phoenix dactylifera''Estados inmaturos de Lepidoptera (XXXIV). Cathayia insularum (Speidel & Schmitz, 1991) en Huelva, España (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Galleriinae)

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Moths described in 1991 Galleriini {{Galleriinae-stub