Catopta Staudinger 1899
Creators: name: Yakovlev, Roman V.
name: Saldaitis, Aidas
name: Kons, Hugo
name: Borth, Robert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Cossidae
Catopta

description: Genus Catopta Staudinger, 1899: 157
Type species— Catopta albimacula Staudinger, 1899: 157. Original designation Synonymy:
= Newelskoia Grum-Grshimailo, 1899: 466.
Type species— Cossus albonubilus Graeser, 1888: 119. Designation by monotypy = Catopa Bryk, 1947: 152
An incorrect subsequent spelling of Catopta Staudinger, 1899. = Sinicossus Clench, 1958: 82 –84.
Type species— Sinicossus danieli Clench, 1958. Original designation.
Catopta albonubilus albonubilus (Graeser, 1888) Cossus albonubilus Graeser, 1888: 119.
LT:Wlad. [Vladivostok, Primorskii Krai, SE Russia].
Type material: holotype in ZISP.
Synonymy:
= Catopta albonubilosus Bryk, 1942: 153.
An incorrect subsequent spelling of Catopta albonubila (Graeser, 1888).
Distribution: Russia (Chita, Primorje, Yakutia), Mongolia (Central, Hentyi aimaks), NE China, Korea (Daniel 1961; Yakovlev 2011).
Catopta albonubilus centralsinica Daniel, 1940: 1012
LT: Mien Shan, Prov. Shansi [Mien-Shan Mts., Shansi Prov., China] Type material: Holotype in ZFMK.
Distribution: China (Heilongjiang, Beijing, Shaanxi, Shanxi) (Hua et al. 1990; Yakovlev 2011).
Catopta albonubila argunica Yakovlev, 2007
Eversmannia 9: 12–13.
LT: East Transbaicalia, Kuenga, 45 SW Sretensk [southern part of Chita Reg., S. Siberia, Russia]. Type material: Holotype in MWM.
Distribution: Russia, S. part of Chita Reg., Central and E. Mongolia (Yakovlev 2011).
Catopta albimacula Staudinger, 1899: 157.
LT: Korla, Centralasien [Korla, Xinjiang Prov., China]. Type material: Syntypes in MHUB.
Distribution: Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tadzhikistan, China (Xinjiang) (Yakovlev 2011).
Catopta perunovi Yakovlev, 2007: 13 –14.
LT: W. Altai Mts., Ongudai [Ongudai vill., Altai Rep., Russia].
Type material: Holotype in MWM.
Distribution: Altai-Sayan Mountains, NW Mongolia (Bayan-Ulgii, Uvs, Khovsgol, distr.), Central Yakutia (Elanskoe, 60 km SW Pokrovsk) (Dubatolov & Vasilenko 1988; Yakovlev 2007; 2009; 2011).
Catopta saldaitisi Yakovlev, 2007: 15 –16.
LT: Omnogovi aimak, Govi Altai Mts., Gurvan-Sayhan, Valley Yulin [Gobi Altai Mts., S. Mongolia].
Type material: Holotype in MWM.
Distribution: Gobi Altai (Gurvan-Saihan) and Southern part of Mongolian Altai Mountains (SW Mongolia) (Yakovlev 2011).
Catopta grumi Yakovlev, 2009: 355.
LT: Tibet s. or., Kuku-Nor [Kuku-Noor lake, Quinghai Prov., China] Type material: Holotype in MWM.
Distribution: China, Quinghai.
Catopta kansuensis Bryk, 1942
Catopta albonubilosus [sic!] kansuensis Bryk, 1942: 153. LT: S Kansu, Kungta [Gansu, China].
Type material: Holotype in MNHS.
Distribution: China (Gansu, Qinghai) (Yakovlev 2011).
Catopta birmanopta Bryk, 1950
Catopta albonubilosus (sic!) birmanopta Bryk, 1950: 48. LT: Kambaiti, Nord Birma [Kambaiti, N. Myanmar]. Type material: Holotype in MNHS.
Distribution: N. Myanmar (Yakovlev 2009).
Catopta tropicalis Yakovlev & Witt, 2009: 14.
LT: Vietnam (N), Mt. Fan-si-pan, W-side, Chapa, 1700 m, 22°20N, 103°40E. Type material: Holotype in MWM.
Distribution: N. Vietnam (Fan-Si-Pan Mts.).
Catopta cashmirensis (Moore, 1879)
Cossus cashmirensis Moore, 1879: 86.
LT: Tawi, Kashmir [Tawi, Kashmir Prov., NW India].
Type material: Holotype in MHUB.
Distribution: N. India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, China (Tibet, N. Yunnan) (Daniel 1940, 1961; Arora 1976; Hua et al. 1990; Yakovlev 2011).
Catopta griseotincta Daniel, 1940: 1013 –1014.
LT: A-tun-tse, Nord Yunnan, Talsohle [A-tun-tse (29º30’ N; 99º E), N. Yunnan, China] Type material: Holotype in ZFMK.
Distribution: China (Tibet, N. Yunnan, Sichuan) (Hua et al. 1990; Yakovlev 2011).
Catopta albothoracis Hua, Chou, Fang & Chen, 1990: 127. LT: Wolong, Sichuan [Sichuan Prov., China]. Type material: Holotype in NWAU.
Distribution: Sichuan, China.
Catopta danieli (Clench, 1958)
Sinicossus danieli Clench, 1958: 84 –85.
LT: W China, Sichuan, Omei-Shan [Omei-Shan (29º30’ N; 102º45’ E), Sichuan, China] Type material: Holotype in coll. Avinoff (CMNH) Distribution: China (Sichuan).
Catopta dusii Yakovlev, Saldaitis, Kons & Borth sp. nov. LT: China, W. Sichuan, road Dawe/Lushan, XilingXue Shan Mts. Type material: Holotype in MWM.
Distribution: known only from type locality.
Catopta rocharva Sheljuzhko, 1943: 83.
LT: Rocharv, Pjandzh-Tal (Ruschan) [Rushan, Tadzhikistan]. Type material: Holotype in ZMKU.
Distribution: Tadzhikistan (Gissar, W Pamir), NE Afghanistan (Daniel 1961; Yakovlev 2011).
Catopta kendevanensis kendevanensis Daniel, 1937: 50. LT: Persia, Elburs, Kendevan Pass. [Kendevan Pass, Elburs Mts., Iran] Type material: Holotype in ZSSM.
Distribution: N. and C. Iran (Yakovlev 2011).
Catopta kendevanensis anjumanica Daniel, 1964: 4.
LT: Anjuman Pass, Anjuman-Gebirge, Badakschan, NO-Afghanistan [Badakhshan, NE Afghanistan]. Type material: Holotype in ZSSM.
Distribution: NE and Central Afghanistan (Yakovlev 2009).
Catopta sikkimensis (Arora, 1965)
Cossus sikkimensis Arora, 1965: 25 –27.
LT: Northern Sikkim, Dambung [N. Sikkim, India]. Type material: Holotype in ZSIC.
Distribution: Sikkim, India (Arora 1976; Yakovlev 2009).
Catopta eberti Daniel, 1964: 4 –5.
LT: Afghanistan, Hazaradjat, Koh-i-Baba, Pandjao. Type material: Holotype in ZSSM.
Distribution: Afghanistan (Yakovlev 2011).
Catopta hyrcanus (Christoph, 1888)
Cossus hyrcanus Christoph, 1888: 309. LT: Schahrud [Emamshahr, Semnan Prov., Iran]. Type material: Syntypes in ZISP.
Synonymy:
= Catopta brandti Bryk, 1947: 173 –174. LT: Iran, Khorasan, Kouh i Binalound (Meched). Type material: Holotype in MNHS.
Distribution: Iran, Turkmenistan, Iraq (Yakovlev 2011).
description: Published as part of Yakovlev, Roman V., Saldaitis, Aidas, Kons, Hugo & Borth, Robert, 2013, A brief review of genus Catopta Staudinger, 1899 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) with description of a new species from China, pp. 330-340 in Zootaxa 3709 (4) on pages 336-339, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/222947