Cathayia insularum
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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
.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on the inflorescence of Phoenix canariensis and Phoenix dactylifera
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...
in the genus Cathayia
Cathayia
Cathayia is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Hampson in 1901, and is known from Spain, Australia, China and Borneo.-Species:* Cathayia insularum * Cathayia lineata...
. It was described by Speidel and Schmitz in 1991, and is known from Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
and the Canary Islands
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...
.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on the inflorescence of Phoenix canariensis and Phoenix dactylifera