Biology:Catocala neonympha

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Short description: Species of moth

Catocala neonympha
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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. neonympha
Binomial name
Catocala neonympha
Butler, 1877
Synonyms
  • Osthelder, 1933 Esper, 1805
  • Mormonia neonympha variegata Phalaena neonympha
  • Warren, 1913 Mormonia neonympha syriaca

Catocala neonympha is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877.[1] It is found in south-western Russia , Ukraine ,[2] Kazakhstan, eastern Turkey, Iraq, Armenia, Kurdistan, Afghanistan, the Altai Mountains and southern Siberia.[3]

Adults have been recorded on wing in August.

The larvae feed on Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) and possibly Quercus (oak) species. Larvae can be found from May to July.

Subspecies

  • Catocala neonympha neonympha
  • Catocala neonympha osthelderensis Hacker, 1990
  • Catocala neonympha variegata (Warren, 1913)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13457922 entry