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Catada

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Catada
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Hypeninae
Genus: Catada
Walker, [1859]

Catada is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1859.

Description

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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.[1]

Species

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Some species of this genus are:

References

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  1. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  • Lödl, Martin (1999). "Redescription of Catada vagalis (Walker, [1859] 1858) and some notes on the genus Catada Walker, (1859) 1858 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae)". Quadrifina. 2: 137–144.
  • De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Catada Walker, 1859". Afromoths. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  • Savela, Markku. "Catada Walker, [1859]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on October 3, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.