Biology:Catocala dejeani

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Short description: Species of moth

Catocala dejeani
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. dejeani
Binomial name
Catocala dejeani
Mell, 1936

Catocala dejeani is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Rudolf Mell in 1936. It is found in China (Situan, Shaanxi, Guangxi) and Taiwan.[1]

Some authors consider it a subspecies of Catocala kuangtungensis.

The wingspan is about 67 mm.

Subspecies

  • Catocala dejeani dejeani
  • Catocala dejeani chogohtoku Ishizuka, 2002 (China)
  • Catocala dejeani owadai Ishizuka, 2002 (Taiwan)

References

  1. Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala kuangtungensis Mell, 1931". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/erebinae/catocala/#kuangtungensis. Retrieved October 19, 2019.  Note: This source does not list Catocala dejeani, but has C. k. dejeani Mell, 1936 as a subspecies of Catocala kuangtungensis.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5053671 entry