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Catocala hymenaea (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Имаго (Catocala hymenaea)

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 hymenaea

Species name(s)

Catocala hymenaea (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Noctua hymenaea [Schiffermüller], 1775 = Noctua posthuma Hübner, [1813]. [9, 10]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:6769

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky.

Primary colors

Yellow, 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

Имаго (Catocala hymenaea)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Crete, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of the Czech Republic, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Austria, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Greece (mainland), Italy (mainland), Crete, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Croatia, Czech Republic, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Western Caucasus, the Volga-Fair. [3].
  • The area of the dark yellow order ribbon is Central and Southern Europe, the middle zone and the south of Russia, the Caucasus, Asia Minor. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • The color of the forewings is olive-gray with a dark pattern. The inner transverse line is black, the outer one is slightly jagged in the middle, with a large W. The reniform spot is light, with a black pattern. The color of the hindwings is ochreous-yellow, the outer edge is black, wide, intermittent, the median band is narrow, not reaching the inner edge. The fringe of the wings is mottled. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • Summer time: July-August. [85].

General info about Larva

  • The caterpillar of Catocala hymenaea is ash-gray or brown-red, on the eighth ring it bears a red-brown cone directed backwards. On the back — 4 white-gray lines with a border. The underside of the caterpillar's body is yellow, with red-brown spots. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Prunus. [28].
  • Терновник. [85].

Larva lifespan

  • May. [85].

Pupa

  • The pupa is brown, with a blue coating characteristic of many tapeworms. [85].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov, Sergey Novitckiy.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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