Catocala fulminea

Catocala fulminea, the yellow bands underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 Entomologia Carniolica.[1] It is found in central and 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.

Catocala fulminea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. fulminea
Binomial name
Catocala fulminea
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

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)
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References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala fulminea (Scopoli 1763)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
  • 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.


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