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Catocala electa (Vieweg, 1790)

Имаго (Catocala electa)

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 electa

Species name(s)

Catocala electa (Vieweg, 1790) = Noctua electa Vieweg, 1790. [9, 10]

Rosy Underwing.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:6764

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

30—35 mm.

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

Over-wintering stage

Ova.

Имаго (Catocala electa)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden and Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, the Channel Islands, Poland, Russia, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden and Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, the European Central Black Earth, Central European, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Nizhne-Amur, Seaside, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, South Yakutia. [3].
  • Its range is Central Europe, partly Southern Europe, the European part of Russia, eastern Siberia, and the Caucasus. In the East-to Korea. In the mountains — up to 1400 m. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • The length of the forewings is from 3 to 3.5 cm. Forewings: light grey-brown, with black transverse lines and a large and clear W-shaped spot, which is formed by the outer transverse stripe and serves as a distinctive feature of the species. The wavy line is light and indistinct. The reniform spot is brown, with a double border. The hindwings are red, with a black median band and a black edge, and the indicated band does not reach the inner edge, but in the middle it narrows and bends at a right angle. The wing fringe is white and wavy. [85].

General info about Imago

  • Butterflies are active at night. Meeting places-banks and floodplains of rivers and streams with dense vegetation, water meadows, wet gardens and parks — are wetter biotopes compared to the red ribbon(Catocala nupta). [85].

Imago lifespan

  • Adults of Catocala electa are active from mid-July (August-Lampert, 2003) to the end of September. In the mountains and in the north, the summer period is shorter than in the southern part of the range. [85].

General info about Larva

  • The caterpillar is yellow-brown or yellow-gray, with small black dots. The eighth segment of the larva of the willow order ribbon bears a yellow cone, and the eleventh - a small elevation with two peaks. The caterpillar's head is yellow, with a brown pattern on it. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Salix, Populus. [28].
  • Ива (особенно старая прутовидная) и тополь. [85].

Larva lifespan

  • Life span at the caterpillar stage: May-June. [85].

Pupa

  • The pupa is slender, brown in color. [85].

Overwintering stage

  • The egg overwinters. [85].

Subspecies of Catocala electa

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrej Makara.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

References

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02.02.2014 16:09, Sergei Kotov Corrected data.

Over-wintering stage: No formalized data → Ova.

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