''Cathayia obliquella'' is a species of

snout moth The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralida ...

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

George Hampson Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills o ...

in 1901 and is known from Japan and central China.The Galleriinae of Japan (Lepid.)
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Moths described in 1901 Galleriini Moths of Japan Taxa named by George Hampson {{Galleriinae-stub