Catocala puerpera
Catocala puerpera is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michel-Esprit Giorna in 1791.[1] It is found in Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean areas of the Near East and Middle East and in North Africa.
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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)
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References
- Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala puerpera (Giorna 1791)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
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- Kravchenko, V. D.; Müller, G.; Orlova, O. B.; Seplyarskaya, V. N. (2004). "The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 13 (3): 175–186. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-19 – via Internet Archive.
- Fauna Europaea
- Lepiforum e.V.
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