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Catocala dilecta (Hubner, 1808)

Имаго (Catocala dilecta)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Erebidae → subfamily Erebinae → tribe Catocalini → subtribe Catocalina → genus Catocala → species Catocala dilecta

Species name(s)

Catocala dilecta (Hubner, 1808) = Noctua dilecta Hübner, [1808] = Catocala dilecta dayremi Oberthür, 1907 = Catocala dilecta powelli Oberthür, 1907 = Catocala dilecta laetita Schawerda, 1931. [9, 10]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:6761

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky.

Primary colors

Red, Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Larva lifespan

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Личинка (Catocala dilecta)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of France, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Austria, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Cyprus, Corsica, Crete, Macedonia, Moldova, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, France (mainland), Croatia,Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Western Caucasus. [3].
  • Its range includes Southern and sometimes Central Europe, southern Russia, Transcaucasia, and Asia Minor. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • The forewings of this tapeworm are brownish-gray, with light dusting, black, strongly serrated transverse lines and an indistinct dark wavy line. The reniform spot is light, with a double border and a brown spot below it. The hindwings are red with a narrow black median band and a broad black band around the outer edge. The fringe is spotted. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • Years from July to August. [85].

General info about Larva

  • The caterpillar is gray-greenish, all dotted. On the eighth ring — a yellowish swelling. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Quercus. [28].
  • Дуб. [85].

Larva lifespan

  • Catocala dilecta larvae are active from May to June. [85].

Pupa

  • The pupa is brown, with a bluish coating. [85].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Paolo Mazzei.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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