Catocala fulminea

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Catocala fulminea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. fulminea
Binomial name
Catocala fulminea
Synonyms
  • Phalaena fulmineaScopoli, 1763
  • Phalanx manturnaHufnagel, 1766
  • Phalaena paranymphaLinnaeus, 1767
  • Catocala xarippeButler, 1877
  • Ephesia fulminea chekiangensisMell, 1933
  • Catocala invisaLeech, 1900
  • Catocala invisa meliIshizuka, 2001
  • Catocala fulminea tungusIshizuka, 2009

Catocala fulminea, the yellow bands underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 Entomologia Carniolica . [1] It is found in central and southern Europe, east Asia and Siberia. The xarippe lineage has been proposed to be a distinct and valid species in its own right, instead of being only subspecifically distinct.

Contents

The wingspan is 44–52 mm.

The larvae feed on Prunus , Crataegus , pears, and oaks.

Subspecies

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<i>Catocala</i> Genus of moths

Catocala is a generally Holarctic genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802. The moths are commonly known as underwing moths or simply underwings. These terms are sometimes used for a few related moths, but usually – especially when used in plural, not as part of a species name – they are used to refer to Catocala only.

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<i>Catocala junctura</i> Species of moth

Catocala junctura, the joined underwing or Stretch's underwing, is a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found throughout temperate North America, ranging from New York and Pennsylvania west to Montana, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arizona, and into Texas, and north to southern Illinois, extreme southern Alberta and Saskatchewan; it has also been recorded west of the Rocky Mountains from California and south-eastern British Columbia. It is typically found near water, where the food plants of its caterpillar larvae grow plentifully.

<i>Catocala agitatrix</i> Species of moth

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Catocala seiohbo is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Katsumi Ishizuka in 2002. It is found in the Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Guangxi, Guangdong and Hunan.

<i>Catocala kuangtungensis</i> Species of moth

Catocala kuangtungensis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in China and Japan.

<i>Catocala dejeani</i> Species of moth

Catocala dejeani is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Rudolf Mell in 1936. It is found in China and Taiwan.

<i>Catocala dilecta</i> Species of moth

Catocala dilecta is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1808. It is found in north-western Africa through southern Europe to Asia Minor.

Catocala chenyixini is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in China (Chekiang).

Catocala ellamajor is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in China (Sichuan).

<i>Catocala xarippe</i> Species of moth

Catocala xarippe is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Japan and the Russian Far East.

Catocala giuditta is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Schawerda in 1934. It is found in Algeria.

Catocala jyoka is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in China in the province of Sichuan.

Catocala kasenko is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in China (Sichuan).

Catocala kaki is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in China (Shaanxi).

<i>Catocala lupina</i> Species of moth

Catocala lupina is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851. It is found from south-eastern Europe to south-western Siberia, Asia Minor and Transcaucasia.

Catocala maso is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in China (Guangdong).

Catocala gansan is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in China (Yunnan).

<i>Catocala obscena</i> Species of moth

Catocala obscena is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Sergei Alphéraky in 1879. It is found in Korea and China.

Catocala seibaldi is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in China (Shaanxi).

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala fulminea (Scopoli 1763)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.