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Catocala pacta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Имаго (Catocala pacta)

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 pacta

Species name(s)

Catocala pacta (Linnaeus, 1758) = Phalaena pacta Linnaeus, 1758. [9, 10]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:6778

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #38. Sakhalin; #40. Primorsky.

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

Имаго (Catocala pacta)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Germany, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, Sweden, Estonia. [1].
  • Belarus, Germany, Denmark (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Finland, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Prealtay, of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy, Primorye, Sakhalin , Mid-Volzhsky,Average Urals, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
  • Range: central Russia, northern Russia, Southern Siberia to the Ussuri region. It is found in places in Central Europe. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • The forewings are ash-grey, with a bluish tinge. Cross lines on them with a light border. The reniform spot is brownish, with a double border, below it is the middle spot with a black surrounding line. The hindwings are pinkish-red, with a broad, black and slightly curved median band that does not reach the inner edge. The outer edge of the hindwings is also black, but the fringe is light, and the abdomen is completely pink-red. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • Summer time is from August to September. [85].

General info about Larva

  • The color of the caterpillar is reddish-gray, with yellowish dots. On the eighth and eleventh rings — on a dark brown hillock. There are two warts on each segment. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Ива. [85].

Larva lifespan

  • Catocala pacta caterpillar lives in May-June. [85].

Pupa

  • The pupa is brown, and again with a blue coating (typical for many tapeworms). [85].

Subspecies of Catocala pacta

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

Comments

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07.10.2011 8:28, Dmitriy Pozhogin

Local. This year, on the screen up to 10 pcs per night occurred.

06.10.2011 20:37, Nikita Kulanov

In central Heb. part.

06.10.2011 16:58, Peter Khramov

How rare where? ..

06.10.2011 15:47, Nikita Kulanov

How rare this lentochnitsa?

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