Cathayia
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Cathayia is a genus of snout moths
Pyralidae
The Pyralidae or snout moths are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera...

. It was described by Hampson in 1901, and is known from Spain
Spain
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, Australia
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, China
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 and Borneo
Borneo
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Species

  • Cathayia insularum
    Cathayia insularum
    Cathayia insularum is a species of snout moth in the genus Cathayia. It was described by Speidel and Schmitz in 1991, and is known from Spain, Malta and the Canary Islands....

    (Speidel & Schmitz, 1991)
  • Cathayia lineata
    Cathayia lineata
    Cathayia lineata is a species of snout moth in the genus Cathayia. It was described by Turner in 1942, and is known from Queensland, Australia....

    (Turner, 1942)
  • Cathayia obliquella
    Cathayia obliquella
    Cathayia obliquella is a species of snout moth in the genus Cathayia. It was described by Hampson in 1901, and is known from Japan and central China....

    Hampson in Ragonot, 1901
  • Cathayia purpureotincta
    Cathayia purpureotincta
    Cathayia purpureotincta is a species of snout moth in the genus Cathayia. It was described by Hampson in 1917, and is known from Borneo....

    Hampson, 1917
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