Catocala fulminea

Catocala fulminea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Catocala
Species:	C. fulminea
Binomial name
Catocala fulminea (Scopoli, 1763)[1]
Synonyms
Phalaena fulminea Scopoli, 1763 Phalanx manturna Hufnagel, 1766 Phalaena paranympha Linnaeus, 1767 Catocala xarippe Butler, 1877 Ephesia fulminea chekiangensis Mell, 1933 Catocala invisa Leech, 1900 Catocala invisa meli Ishizuka, 2001 Catocala fulminea tungus Ishizuka, 2009

Catocala fulminea is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in Central Europe, Southern Europe, East Asia, and Siberia. The xarippe lineage has been proposed to be a distinct and valid species in its own right, instead of being only subspecifically distinct.

The wingspan is 44–52 mm.

The larvae feed on Prunus, Crataegus, pears, and oaks.

Subspecies

• Catocala fulminea fulminea
• Catocala fulminea chekiangensis (Mell, 1933)
• Catocala fulminea kamuifuchi Ishizuka, 2009 (Japan: Hokkaido)

References

Wikispecies has information related to: Catocala fulminea

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Catocala fulminea.

• Ishizuka, K., 2009: Notes on the Catocala fulminea (Scopoli, 1763) group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Tinea 21 (1): 29-44.
• Saldaitis, A., P. Ivinskis, A. Floriana & J. Babics, 2012: A new species of Catocala Schrank, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) from China. Zootaxa 3420: 63-68.

External links

• Media related to Catocala fulminea at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Catocala fulminea at Wikispecies
• Catocala, funet.fi
• Moths and butterflies of Europe and North Africa, Leps It