''Catapterix'' is a small genus of

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s in the family Acanthopteroctetidae, with species occurring in Europe and Central Asia. The genus was previously considered monotypic, with '' Catapterix crimaea'' as its sole known species, until the formal description of '' Catapterix tianshanica'' in 2016.

Distribution

The type species, ''C. crimaea'', is known from the

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Fauna Europaea
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Taxonomy

The genus was originally placed in its own family, Catapterigidae, which is now considered a synonym of Acanthopteroctetidae.

References

Acanthoctesia Glossata genera Taxa named by Aleksei Konstantinovich Zagulyaev {{Moth-stub