Catocala puerpera

Catocala puerpera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species: C. puerpera
Binomial name
Catocala puerpera
(Giorna, 1791)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena puerpera Giorna, 1791
  • Phalaena amasia Esper, 1804
  • Catocala syriaca Schultz, 1909
  • Noctua pellex Hübner, [1809]
  • Catocala puerpera orientalis Staudinger, 1877
  • Catocala puerpera var. pallida Alphéraky, 1887
  • Catocala tarbagata Schultz, 1909
  • Catocala puerpera centralasiae Sheljuzhko, 1943

Catocala puerpera is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean areas of the Near East and Middle East and in North Africa.

There is one generation per year. Adults are on wing from May to June.

The larvae feed on Populus euphratica.

Subspecies

References

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