''Catotricha'' is a genus of midges in the family
Cecidomyiidae
Cecidomyiidae is a family of diptera, flies known as gall midges or gall gnats. As the name implies, the larvae of most gall midges feed within plant tissue, creating abnormal plant growths called galls. Cecidomyiidae are very fragile small in ...
. The five described species in ''Catotricha'' are found in the
holarctic
The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical reg ...
region.
This genus was established by British entomologist
Frederick Wallace Edwards
Frederick Wallace Edwards FRS (28 November 1888 in Fletton, Peterborough – 15 November 1940 in London), was an English entomologist. Edwards was known in the field of entomology for his work on Diptera.
Edwards worked in the British Museum ( ...
in 1938.
with ''Catocha americana'' Felt, 1908 from Northeastern USA and Canada as the type species.
Species
These five species belong to the genus ''Catotricha'':
* ''
Catotricha americana''
(Felt, 1908)
* ''
Catotricha marinae''
Mamaev, 1985
* ''
Catotricha nipponensis''
(Alexander 1924)
* ''
Catotricha subobsoleta''
(Alexander, 1924)
* ''
Catotricha subterranea''
Mamaev, 1985
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Cecidomyiidae genera
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Insects described in 1938
Taxa named by Frederick Wallace Edwards
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