Cathayia insularum explained

Cathayia insularum is a species of snout moth in the genus Cathayia. It was described by Speidel and Schmitz in 1991, and is known from Spain, Malta and the Canary Islands.^[1]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on the inflorescence of Phoenix canariensis and Phoenix dactylifera^[2]

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220020/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=442628 Fauna Europaea
2. https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/455/45511220001.pdf Estados inmaturos de Lepidoptera (XXXIV). Cathayia insularum (Speidel & Schmitz, 1991) en Huelva, España (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Galleriinae)