''Citharalia'' is a

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moth

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in the family Cossidae described by Harry Kendon Clench in 1957. Its only species, ''Citharalia idiosetoides'', was described by the same author in the same year and is found in

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Taxonomy

Research suggests ''Citharalia'' does not fit in the Cossidae, and should be excluded from this family. The genus should perhaps be included in the

Cossulinae The Cossulinae are a subfamily of the family Cossidae The Cossidae, the cossid millers or carpenter millers, make up a family of mostly large miller moths. This family contains over 110 genera with almost 700 known species, and many more sp ...

. 1990
"A phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology"
''Zoologische Verhandelingen'', 263: 1-295. PDF.

References

* Cossidae genera Monotypic moth genera Moths of South America {{Cossoidea-stub