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

Catocala puerpera puerpera
Catocala puerpera rosea Austaut, 1884 (Algeria)
Catocala puerpera pallida Alphéraky, 1887 (Transcaspia, Xinjiang)
Catocala puerpera syriaca Schultz, 1909 (Israel)

References

↑ taxapad.com

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