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Catocala is a generally Holarctic genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae. 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.
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. 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.
Catocala adultera is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Édouard Ménétries in 1856. It is found in northern Europe, from Siberia to the Russian Far East and Mongolia.
Convercala is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Herbert Beck in 1996. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms gives this name as a synonym of Catocala.
Catocala piatrix, the penitent underwing, is a moth from North America. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1864. It is placed in subfamily Catocalinae, either of the family Noctuidae, or – if the Noctuidae are circumscribed more strictly – of family Erebidae. Within the Catocalinae, it belongs to tribe Catocalini and – if the Noctuidae are circumscribed widely – subtribe Catocalina.
Catocala meskei, or Meske's underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873. It is found in North America from Maine and Quebec west to southern Alberta and Montana, south to South Carolina in the east and at least Montana in the west.
Catocala whitneyi, or Whitney's underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by G. M. Dodge in 1874. It is found in North America from North Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas eastward through Wisconsin to Ohio and Tennessee. It has also been recorded as far west as Minnesota and Utah. In Canada, it has been found in Manitoba.
Catocala relicta, the white underwing or relict, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in southern Canada, from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island, south to Missouri, and Arizona.
Catocala diversa is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Carl Geyer in 1826. It is found in Spain, south-eastern France, Italy, the Balkans, European southern Russia and Israel.
Catocala nuptialis, the married underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in North America from Manitoba south through Minnesota and Nebraska to eastern Oklahoma and Texas and east to Kentucky and Illinois.
Catocala musmi is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found in China and Korea.
Catocala actaea is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1874.
Catocala texanae, the Texan underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by George Hazen French in 1902. It is found in the US state of Texas.
Catocala sordida, the sordid underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1877. It is found in North America from Saskatchewan east to New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island and south through Maine and Connecticut to Florida, west to Texas and north to Manitoba.
Catocala solntsevi is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Andreĭ Valentinovich Sviridov in 1997. It is found in Guangdong in China and Vietnam.
Catocala dejeani is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Rudolf Mell in 1936. It is found in China and Taiwan.
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 naumanni is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Andreĭ Valentinovich Sviridov in 1996. It is found in China.
Catocala patala is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Felder and Rogenhofer in 1874. It is found in northern India, China, Korea and Japan.
Catocala praegnax is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in Japan, northern China and Taiwan.
References
- ↑ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Simplicala Beck, 1996". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved December 24, 2019.
- ↑ Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala Schrank, 1802". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
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