Catoptria Hubner 1825

Catoptria Hübner, 1825 Catoptria Hübner, 1825. Type species: Catoptria speculalis Hübner, [1825] 1816, by subsequent designation by Błeszyński, 1956, Z. wien. ent. Ges. 41: 213 = Exoria Hübner, 1825 n: 367 (but printed as 467). Type species: Tinea combinella [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775, by subsequent designation by Shibuya, 1928, J. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido imp. Univ. 22: 45. Błeszyński 1963 a: 97 (syn.) = Tetrachila Hübner, 1806 f: [2] DIAGNOSIS Moths of the genus Catoptria usually have tawny to brown forewings with a broad white fascia running from the base to the subterminal area, in some species disrupted by median and postmedian lines (Błeszyński, 1965; pers. obs.). The male genitalia exhibit the following characters: uncus well-developed, slender, with apex pointing downwards; gnathos roughly as long as uncus, slender, apex usually pointing downwards, often with subapical dorsal tip; valva with costal arm; sacculus often with free, sclerotized projection; phallus often with subapical or apical spines and with cornuti (Błeszyński, 1965; pers. obs.). The female genitalia show the following characters: papillae anales not coalesced dorsally and ventrally; anterior apophyses reduced; ostium pouch strongly sclerotized; ductus bursae with basal half strongly sclerotized, often curved; corpus bursae with one signum (Błeszyński, 1965; pers. obs.). DISTRIBUTION Found in the Holarctic region. Eighty-eight species are currently reported from the genus. PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS Catoptria is sister to the Holarctic genus Agriphila (Léger et al., 2019).