Catopta albonubilus

Catopta albonubilus is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Ludwig Carl Friedrich Graeser in 1888. It is found from Kyrgyzstan through Central Asia to Myanmar, Korea, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, Korea and north-eastern China.[1]

Catopta albonubilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Cossidae
Genus:
Catopta
Species:
C. albonubilus
Binomial name
Catopta albonubilus
(Graeser, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Cossus albonubilus Graeser, 1888
  • Catopta albonubilosa

The length of the forewings is 15–17 mm. The forewings have a narrow dark border along the outer margin. The submarginal zone has a greyish area with a lighter center. The hindwings are grey.[2]

Subspecies
  • Catopta albonubilus albonubilus (Russia: Chita, Primorje, Yakutia; Mongolia: Central, Hentyi aimaks; north-eastern China; Korea)
  • Catopta albonubilus argunica Yakovlev, 2007 (Russia: East Trasbaicalia; central and eastern Mongolia)
  • Catopta albonubilus centralsinica Daniel, 1940 (China: Heilongjiang, Beijing, Shaanxi, Shanxi)

References
  1. Yakovlev, R.V.; Saldaitis, A.; Kons, H., Jr. & Borth, R., 2013: A brief review of genus Catopta Staudinger, 1899 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) with description of a new species from China. Zootaxa 3709 (4): 330-340. Abstract: .
  2. Древоточцы (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) России
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.


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