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Catocala puerpera

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Erebidae

Scientific name
  
Catocala puerpera

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Catocala

Rank
  
Species

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Catocala conversa, Catocala dilecta, Catocala coniuncta, Catocala eutychea, Catocala nymphagoga

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 AlphĂ©raky, 1887 (Transcaspia, Xinjiang)
  • Catocala puerpera syriaca Schultz, 1909 (Israel)
  • References

    Catocala puerpera Wikipedia