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Catopta Staudinger 1899

Description

Genus Catopta Staudinger, 1899: 157

Type species— Catopta albimacula Staudinger, 1899: 157. Original designation Synonymy:

= Newelskoia Grum-Grshimailo, 1899: 466.

Type species— Cossus albonubilus Graeser, 1888: 119. Designation by monotypy = Catopa Bryk, 1947: 152

An incorrect subsequent spelling of Catopta Staudinger, 1899. = Sinicossus Clench, 1958: 82 –84.

Type species— Sinicossus danieli Clench, 1958. Original designation.

Catopta albonubilus albonubilus (Graeser, 1888) Cossus albonubilus Graeser, 1888: 119.

LT:Wlad. [Vladivostok, Primorskii Krai, SE Russia].

Type material: holotype in ZISP.

Synonymy:

= Catopta albonubilosus Bryk, 1942: 153.

An incorrect subsequent spelling of Catopta albonubila (Graeser, 1888).

Distribution: Russia (Chita, Primorje, Yakutia), Mongolia (Central, Hentyi aimaks), NE China, Korea (Daniel 1961; Yakovlev 2011).

Catopta albonubilus centralsinica Daniel, 1940: 1012

LT: Mien Shan, Prov. Shansi [Mien-Shan Mts., Shansi Prov., China] Type material: Holotype in ZFMK.

Distribution: China (Heilongjiang, Beijing, Shaanxi, Shanxi) (Hua et al. 1990; Yakovlev 2011).

Catopta albonubila argunica Yakovlev, 2007

Eversmannia 9: 12–13.

LT: East Transbaicalia, Kuenga, 45 SW Sretensk [southern part of Chita Reg., S. Siberia, Russia]. Type material: Holotype in MWM.

Distribution: Russia, S. part of Chita Reg., Central and E. Mongolia (Yakovlev 2011).

Catopta albimacula Staudinger, 1899: 157.

LT: Korla, Centralasien [Korla, Xinjiang Prov., China]. Type material: Syntypes in MHUB.

Distribution: Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tadzhikistan, China (Xinjiang) (Yakovlev 2011).

Catopta perunovi Yakovlev, 2007: 13 –14.

LT: W. Altai Mts., Ongudai [Ongudai vill., Altai Rep., Russia].

Type material: Holotype in MWM.

Distribution: Altai-Sayan Mountains, NW Mongolia (Bayan-Ulgii, Uvs, Khovsgol, distr.), Central Yakutia (Elanskoe, 60 km SW Pokrovsk) (Dubatolov & Vasilenko 1988; Yakovlev 2007; 2009; 2011).

Catopta saldaitisi Yakovlev, 2007: 15 –16.

LT: Omnogovi aimak, Govi Altai Mts., Gurvan-Sayhan, Valley Yulin [Gobi Altai Mts., S. Mongolia].

Type material: Holotype in MWM.

Distribution: Gobi Altai (Gurvan-Saihan) and Southern part of Mongolian Altai Mountains (SW Mongolia) (Yakovlev 2011).

Catopta grumi Yakovlev, 2009: 355.

LT: Tibet s. or., Kuku-Nor [Kuku-Noor lake, Quinghai Prov., China] Type material: Holotype in MWM.

Distribution: China, Quinghai.

Catopta kansuensis Bryk, 1942

Catopta albonubilosus [sic!] kansuensis Bryk, 1942: 153. LT: S Kansu, Kungta [Gansu, China].

Type material: Holotype in MNHS.

Distribution: China (Gansu, Qinghai) (Yakovlev 2011).

Catopta birmanopta Bryk, 1950

Catopta albonubilosus (sic!) birmanopta Bryk, 1950: 48. LT: Kambaiti, Nord Birma [Kambaiti, N. Myanmar]. Type material: Holotype in MNHS.

Distribution: N. Myanmar (Yakovlev 2009).

Catopta tropicalis Yakovlev & Witt, 2009: 14.

LT: Vietnam (N), Mt. Fan-si-pan, W-side, Chapa, 1700 m, 22°20N, 103°40E. Type material: Holotype in MWM.

Distribution: N. Vietnam (Fan-Si-Pan Mts.).

Catopta cashmirensis (Moore, 1879)

Cossus cashmirensis Moore, 1879: 86.

LT: Tawi, Kashmir [Tawi, Kashmir Prov., NW India].

Type material: Holotype in MHUB.

Distribution: N. India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, China (Tibet, N. Yunnan) (Daniel 1940, 1961; Arora 1976; Hua et al. 1990; Yakovlev 2011).

Catopta griseotincta Daniel, 1940: 1013 –1014.

LT: A-tun-tse, Nord Yunnan, Talsohle [A-tun-tse (29º30’ N; 99º E), N. Yunnan, China] Type material: Holotype in ZFMK.

Distribution: China (Tibet, N. Yunnan, Sichuan) (Hua et al. 1990; Yakovlev 2011).

Catopta albothoracis Hua, Chou, Fang & Chen, 1990: 127. LT: Wolong, Sichuan [Sichuan Prov., China]. Type material: Holotype in NWAU.

Distribution: Sichuan, China.

Catopta danieli (Clench, 1958)

Sinicossus danieli Clench, 1958: 84 –85.

LT: W China, Sichuan, Omei-Shan [Omei-Shan (29º30’ N; 102º45’ E), Sichuan, China] Type material: Holotype in coll. Avinoff (CMNH) Distribution: China (Sichuan).

Catopta dusii Yakovlev, Saldaitis, Kons & Borth sp. nov. LT: China, W. Sichuan, road Dawe/Lushan, XilingXue Shan Mts. Type material: Holotype in MWM.

Distribution: known only from type locality.

Catopta rocharva Sheljuzhko, 1943: 83.

LT: Rocharv, Pjandzh-Tal (Ruschan) [Rushan, Tadzhikistan]. Type material: Holotype in ZMKU.

Distribution: Tadzhikistan (Gissar, W Pamir), NE Afghanistan (Daniel 1961; Yakovlev 2011).

Catopta kendevanensis kendevanensis Daniel, 1937: 50. LT: Persia, Elburs, Kendevan Pass. [Kendevan Pass, Elburs Mts., Iran] Type material: Holotype in ZSSM.

Distribution: N. and C. Iran (Yakovlev 2011).

Catopta kendevanensis anjumanica Daniel, 1964: 4.

LT: Anjuman Pass, Anjuman-Gebirge, Badakschan, NO-Afghanistan [Badakhshan, NE Afghanistan]. Type material: Holotype in ZSSM.

Distribution: NE and Central Afghanistan (Yakovlev 2009).

Catopta sikkimensis (Arora, 1965)

Cossus sikkimensis Arora, 1965: 25 –27.

LT: Northern Sikkim, Dambung [N. Sikkim, India]. Type material: Holotype in ZSIC.

Distribution: Sikkim, India (Arora 1976; Yakovlev 2009).

Catopta eberti Daniel, 1964: 4 –5.

LT: Afghanistan, Hazaradjat, Koh-i-Baba, Pandjao. Type material: Holotype in ZSSM.

Distribution: Afghanistan (Yakovlev 2011).

Catopta hyrcanus (Christoph, 1888)

Cossus hyrcanus Christoph, 1888: 309. LT: Schahrud [Emamshahr, Semnan Prov., Iran]. Type material: Syntypes in ZISP.

Synonymy:

= Catopta brandti Bryk, 1947: 173 –174. LT: Iran, Khorasan, Kouh i Binalound (Meched). Type material: Holotype in MNHS.

Distribution: Iran, Turkmenistan, Iraq (Yakovlev 2011).

Notes

Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V., Saldaitis, Aidas, Kons, Hugo & Borth, Robert, 2013, A brief review of genus Catopta Staudinger, 1899 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) with description of a new species from China, pp. 330-340 in Zootaxa 3709 (4) on pages 336-339, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/222947

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Biodiversity

Family
Cossidae
Genus
Catopta
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Staudinger
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genus
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Catopta Staudinger, 1899 sec. Yakovlev, Saldaitis, Kons & Borth, 2013

References

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