Catoptria Hübner, 1825

Léger, Théo, 2024, Half of the Diversity Undescribed: Integrative Taxonomy Reveals 32 New Species and a High Cryptic Diversity in the Scopariinae and Crambinae of the Philippines (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists 3 (2), pp. 1-93 : 61

Catoptria Hübner, 1825

Catoptria Hübner, 1825 .

Type species: Catoptria speculalis Hübner, [1825] 1816, by subsequent designation by Błeszyński, 1956, Z. wien. ent. Ges. 41: 213

= Exoria Hübner, 1825 n: 367 (but printed as 467). Type species: Tinea combinella [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775 , by subsequent designation by Shibuya, 1928, J. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido imp. Univ. 22: 45. Błeszyński 1963 a: 97 (syn.)

= Tetrachila Hübner, 1806 f : [2]

DIAGNOSIS

Moths of the genus Catoptria usually have tawny to brown forewings with a broad white fascia running from the base to the subterminal area, in some species disrupted by median and postmedian lines ( Błeszyński, 1965; pers. obs.). The male genitalia exhibit the following characters: uncus well-developed, slender, with apex pointing downwards; gnathos roughly as long as uncus, slender, apex usually pointing downwards, often with subapical dorsal tip; valva with costal arm; sacculus often with free, sclerotized projection; phallus often with subapical or apical spines and with cornuti ( Błeszyński, 1965; pers. obs.). The female genitalia show the following characters: papillae anales not coalesced dorsally and ventrally; anterior apophyses reduced; ostium pouch strongly sclerotized; ductus bursae with basal half strongly sclerotized, often curved; corpus bursae with one signum ( Błeszyński, 1965; pers. obs.).

DISTRIBUTION

Found in the Holarctic region. Eighty-eight species are currently reported from the genus.

PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS

Catoptria is sister to the Holarctic genus Agriphila ( Léger et al., 2019) .