Catoptria

Catoptria (lat.) - a species of butterflies from the family of fire-grasses . Distributed in the Palaearctic and Nearctic . Often found in the mountains ^[1] . Caterpillars live in mosses , turf of cereals and sedge , making silky tubes or making moves ^[1] .

Catoptria
Catoptria falsella
Scientific classification
Kingdom : Eumetazoi No rank : Bilateral symmetrical No rank : Primary No rank : Molting No rank : Panarthropoda Type of: Arthropods Subtype : Tracheo-breathing Overclass : Six-legged Grade: Insects Subclass : Winged insects Infraclass : Winged insects Treasure : Fully Transformed Insects Squadron : Amphiesmenoptera Squad: Lepidoptera Suborder : Proboscopic Infrastructure : Butterflies Treasure : Double-breasted Treasure : Obtectomera Superfamily : Pyraloidea Family: Herbs of Fire Subfamily : Crambinae Gender: Catoptria
International scientific name
Catoptria Guenée , 1845
Kinds
See list of species.

Antennae serrate, proboscis and ocelli developed ^[1] . Representatives of this genus are characterized by the following features ^[1] :

• front wings with a characteristic pattern in the form of a median longitudinal strip;
• labial palps two to three times longer than eye diameter;
• the forehead is round or conical.