Biology:Catocala puerpera

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Short description: Species of moth

Catocala puerpera
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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. puerpera
Binomial name
Catocala puerpera
(Giorna, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Catocala puerpera centralasiae Catocala tarbagata
  • Noctua pellex Phalaena puerpera
  • Giorna, 1791 Esper, 1804
  • Hübner, [1809] Sheljuzhko, 1943
  • Catocala puerpera orientalis Catocala syriaca
  • Staudinger, 1877 Schultz, 1909
  • Phalaena amasia Schultz, 1909
  • Alphéraky, 1887 Catocala puerpera var. pallida

Catocala puerpera is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michel-Esprit Giorna in 1791.[1] It is found in Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean areas of the Near East and Middle East and in North Africa.

There is one generation per year. Adults are on wing from May to June.

The larvae feed on Populus euphratica.

Subspecies

  • Catocala puerpera puerpera
  • Catocala puerpera rosea Austaut, 1884 (Algeria)
  • Catocala puerpera pallida Alphéraky, 1887 (Transcaspia, Xinjiang)
  • Catocala puerpera syriaca Schultz, 1909 (Israel)

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q140727 entry