Catada


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

Description

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.

Species

Some species of this genus are:Catada agassizi Holloway, 2008Catada antipodalis Catada auchja Lödl, 2002Catada bellaria Lödl & Paumkirchner, 2001Catada bipartita Catada canaliferalis Catada charalis Swinhoe, 1900Catada cornesi Lödl, 2001Catada dahlioides Rothschild, 1915Catada dichroana Catada griseomarginalis Catada ja Lödl, 2001Catada janalis Catada ndalla Bethune-Baker, 1911Catada nebrida Holloway, 2008Catada obscura de Joannis, 1906Catada phaeopasta Hampson, 1909Catada philemonalis Catada psychis Lödl & Paumkirchner, 2001Catada purpureotincta Hampson, 1895Catada rubricaea Schultze, 1907Catada rufula Holloway, 2008Catada transversalis Catada vagalis Walker, 1859