Catopta

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Superfamilia: Cossoidea

Familia: Cossidae
Subfamilia: Catoptinae
Genus: Catopta
Species: C. albimacula – C. albonubila – C. albothoracis – C. birmanopta – C. cashmirensis – C. danieli – C. dusii – C. eberti – C. griseotincta – C. grumi – C. hyrcanus – C. kansuensis – C. kendevanensis – C. minor – C. perunovi – C. rocharva – C. saldaitisi – C. sikkimensis – C. tropicalis
Name

Catopta Staudinger, 1899

Type species: Catopta albimacula Staudinger, 1899 by original designation.
Synonyms

Newelskoia Grum-Grshimailo, 1900
Type species: Cossus albonubilus Graeser, 1888
Catopa Bryk, 1947, misspelling of Catopta Staudinger, 1899
Sinicossus Clench, 1958
Type species: Sinicossus danieli Clench, 1958

References

Daniel, F. 1937a: Zwei neue Cossidae aus Persien. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 27: 49–51. Full article. Reference page.
Daniel, F. 1940: Die Cossidae und Hepialidae der Ausbeuten Höne (Lep. Het.). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 30: 1004–1024. Full article. Reference page.
Schoorl jr., J.W., 1990: A Phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. Zoologische Verhandelingen 263: 1–295. Full article: [1].
Yakovlev, R.V., 2009: Catoptinae subfam. n., a new subfamily of carpenter-moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Entomological Review 89 (8): 927–932. Original bulletin: Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2009, Vol. 88, No. 10, pp. 1207–1212. (in Russian).
Yakovlev, R.V., 2004: Carpenter-Moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) of Mongolia. Euroasian Entomological Journal 3 (3): 217–224.
Yakovlev, R.V. 2009: New taxa of African and Asian Cossidae (Lepidoptera). Euroasian Entomological Journal 8(3): 353-361. full article (pdf). Reference page.
Yakovlev, R.V. 2011. Catalogue of the Family Cossidae of the Old World. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 66: 1–129. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.
Yakovlev, R.V. 2014. Carpenter moths (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) of the Altai Mountain Range. Entomological Review 94(6): 880–891. Original russian text Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2014, 93(5): 651–661. Abstract. Reference page.
Yakovlev, R.V. 2015. The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Mongolia. Check List 11(5): Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Yakovlev, R.V. & Witt, T.J. 2009. The Carpenter Moths (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) of Vietnam. Entomofauna Supplement 16: 11-32. full article (pdf).Reference page.
Yakovlev, R.V., Pljustch, I.G., Skrylnik, Y., Pak, O.V. & Witt, T.J. 2015. The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Afghanistan with description of three new species and special notes on the fauna of Bande-Amir National Park. Zootaxa 3990(1): 41–72. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.1.3. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Catopta is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.

Species

Catopta albimacula Staudinger, 1899
Catopta albonubilus Graeser, 1888
Catopta albothoracis B.Z. Hua, I. Chou, D. Fang & S. Chen, 1990
Catopta birmanopta Bryk, 1950
Catopta cashmirensis (Moore, 1879)
Catopta danieli (Clench, 1958)
Catopta dusii Yakovlev, Saldaitis, Kons & Borth, 2013
Catopta eberti Daniel, 1964
Catopta griseotincta Daniel, 1940
Catopta grumi R.V. Yakovlev, 2009
Catopta hyrcanus (Christoph, 1888)
Catopta kansuensis Bryk, 1942
Catopta kendevanensis Daniel, 1937
Catopta perunovi Yakovlev, 2007
Catopta rocharva Sheljuzhko, 1943
Catopta saldaitisi Yakovlev, 2007
Catopta sikkimensis (Arora, 1965)
Catopta tropicalis Yakovlev & Witt, 2009

Former species

Catopta rungsi Daniel & Witt, 1975

References
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Daniel, F., 1937: Zwei neue Cossidae aus Persien. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 27: 49-51. Full article: [1].
Schoorl jr., J.W., 1990: A Phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. Zoologische Verhandelingen 263: 1-295. Full article: [2].
Yakovlev, R.V., 2009: Catoptinae subfam. n., a new subfamily of carpenter-moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Entomological Review 89 (8): 927-932. Original bulletin: Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2009, Vol. 88, No. 10, pp. 1207–1212. (in Russian).
Yakovlev, R.V., 2004: Carpenter-Moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) of Mongolia. Euroasian Entomological Journal 3 (3): 217-224.
Yakovlev, R.V., 2009: New taxa of African and Asian Cossidae (Lepidoptera). Euroasian Entomological Journal 8 (3): 353-361. Full article: [3].
Yakovlev, R.V. & T.J. Witt, 2009: The Carpenter Moths (Lepidoptera:Cossidae) of Vietnam. Entomofauna Supplement 16: 11-32.
Yakovlev, R. et al., 2013: A brief review of genus Catopta Staudinger, 1899 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) with description of a new species from China. Zootaxa, 3709(4): 330-340.