Biology:Catocala helena

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Short description: Species of moth

Catocala helena
Catocala helena YPM ENT 830830 D.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. helena
Binomial name
Catocala helena
Eversmann, 1856[1]
Synonyms
  • Ephesia helena
  • Ephasia helena kurenzovi Moltrecht, 1927
  • Ephesia helena beicki Mell, 1936

Catocala helena is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Siberia and Manchuria.

Expansion of its distribution westward, presumably due to human activity, was recorded.[2][3]

The length of the forewings is about 30 mm.

Subspecies

  • Catocala helena helena
  • Catocala helena kurenzovi (Moltrecht, 1927) (South-eastern Siberia)
  • Catocala helena beicki (Mell, 1936) (Manchuria)

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala helena Eversmann 1857". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=85997693. 
  2. Knyazev, Svyatoslav A.; Gorbunov, Pavel Yu.; Melyakh, Sergey F.; Nedoshivina, Svetlana V.; Grebennikov, Nikolai D.; Matov, Alexey Yu. (2021-03-05). "The first record of Catocala helena Eversmann, 1856 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) in Europe with notes on its distribution in Russia". Ecologica Montenegrina 40: 68–74. doi:10.37828/em.2021.40.5. ISSN 2336-9744. https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/em.2021.40.5. 
  3. Titov, Sergey V.; Volynkin, Anton V.; Pulikova, Genriyetta I.; Kaptyonkina, Alyona G. (2022-03-23). "The first record of Catocala helena Eversmann, 1856 from Kazakhstan (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Erebidae: Catocalini)". Ecologica Montenegrina 52: 42–48. doi:10.37828/em.2022.52.6. ISSN 2336-9744. https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/74611. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5053704 entry