Catocala actaea

Catocala actaea
	Mounted specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Catocala
Species:	C. actaea
Binomial name
	Catocala actaea; Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
Synonyms
	Ephesia nigricans Mell, 1939 ;

Catocala actaea is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1874.[1]

Subspecies

Catocala actaea actaea
Catocala actaea nigricans (Mell, 1939) (Shanxi)

Description

The wingspan of Catocala actaea can reach about 52–60 millimetres (2.0–2.4 in).[2] This moths has cryptically coloured forewings. Hindwings are mostly blackish, with a white stripe and a small white spot in the middle.

Distribution

This species can be found in Japan, the Korean Peninsula, the Russian Far East and northern China.[3]

References

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala actaea Felder & Rogenhofer 1874". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
"コシロシタバ Catocala actaea Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874". Japanese Moths. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala actaea Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 19, 2019.

External links

Berlov, Oleg E. "Catocala actaea Felder et Rogenhofer, 1874:". olegberlov @ narod.ru.
"Catocala actaea R.Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874". Insecta.pro.

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala actaea Felder & Rogenhofer 1874". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.

[2] "コシロシタバ Catocala actaea Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874". Japanese Moths. Retrieved October 18, 2019.

[fa-3] Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala actaea Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 19, 2019.