Citharalia

Citharalia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Cossidae described by Harry Kendon Clench in 1957.^[1] Its only species, Citharalia idiosetoides, was also described by the same author in the same year and is found in Bolivia.^[2]

Citharalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Genus:	Citharalia Clench, 1957
Species:	C. idiosetoides
Binomial name
Citharalia idiosetoides Clench, 1957

Taxonomy

Research that suggests Citharalia does not fit in the Cossidae, and should be excluded from this family. The genus should perhaps be included in the Cossulinae.^[3]