''Catalectis'' is a small

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of the

fungus moth Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in more than 300 genera. ...

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, Tineidae. It is a small and little-studied group, whose precise relationships remain to be discovered. '' C. pharetropa'' was once mistaken for a species of ''

Clepticodes ''Clepticodes'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. Species *'' Clepticodes horocentra'' Meyrick, 1927 *'' Clepticodes hexaleuca'' Meyrick, 1932 ''C. clasmaticus'' is actually ''Catalectis pharetropa ''Catalectis'' is a sma ...

'', and '' Oenoe drosoptila'' of the

Meessiinae The Meessiinae are a subfamily of moth of the family (biology), family Tineidae. Genera * ''Afrocelestis'' * ''Agnathosia'' * ''Agoraula'' * ''Augolychna'' * ''Bathroxena'' * ''Clinograptis'' * ''Diachorisia'' * ''Doleromorphia'' * ''Drimylasti ...

was also proposed as a species of ''Catalectis''; ít may be that these are all, in fact, closely related.Clarke (1986), Robinson 011 Wikispecies (2006-NOV-07) Only three

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are presently contained in this genus:Robinson 011/ref> * ''

Catalectis flexa ''Catalectis'' is a small genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. It is a small and little-studied group, whose precise relationships remain to be discovered. '' C. pharetropa'' was once mistaken for a species of '' Clepticodes'', and '' Oenoe ...

'' Bradley, 1957 * ''

Catalectis pharetropa ''Catalectis'' is a small genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. It is a small and little-studied group, whose precise relationships remain to be discovered. '' C. pharetropa'' was once mistaken for a species of '' Clepticodes'', and '' Oenoe ...

'' Meyrick, 1920 (= ''C. clasmatica'') * ''

Catalectis ptilozona ''Catalectis'' is a small genus of the fungus moth family (biology), family, Tineidae. It is a small and little-studied group, whose precise relationships remain to be discovered. ''Catalectis pharetropa, C. pharetropa'' was once mistaken for a s ...

'' Meyrick, 1923

Footnotes

References

* (1986): Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. ''Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology'' 416: 1-485
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