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Catocala
Semirelict underwing (C. semirelicta) Imago of the pura form from above
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
Family:
Erebidae
Tribe:
Catocalini
Genus:
Catocala Schrank, 1802
Type species
Phalaena nupta
Linnaeus, 1767
Diversity
About 270 species
Synonyms
Numerous, see text
Catocala is a generally Holarctic genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802. The moths are commonly known as underwing moths or simply underwings. These terms are sometimes used for a few related moths, but usually – especially when used in plural, not as part of a species name – they are used to refer to Catocala only.
Of the more than 250 known species, slightly less than half are found in North America – mostly in the United States – while the rest occur in Eurasia. About one-fifth (almost 30) of these species are native to Europe. A few species occur in the northern Neotropics and Indomalaya.[1]
Catocala is a generally Holarctic genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802. The moths are commonly...
Catocala ilia, the Ilia underwing, beloved underwing or wife underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer...
Catocala oberthueri is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Jules Léon Austaut in 1879. It is found in Spain, Tunisia, Algeria and...
Catocala xarippe is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Japan and the Russian Far East. Catocala xarippe xarippe Catocala xarippe okitsuhimenomikoto...
The red underwing (Catocala nupta) is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema...
China and Taiwan. Catocala praegnax praegnax Catocala praegnax sakaii Kishida, 1981 (Taiwan) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Catocala praegnax. Wikispecies...
Catocala orba, the Orba underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Nikolai Yakovlevich Kuznetsov in 1903. It is found...
Catocala praeclara, the praeclara underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman...
Catocala lesbia is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1887. It is found in the Middle East, in regions without...
Catocala neonympha is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in south-western Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan...
Catocala neglecta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Mongolia. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala neglecta Staudinger 1888". Home of Ichneumonoidea...
Catocala umbrosa is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Vernon Antoine Brou Jr. in 2002. It is found from Arizona east to New Jersey and from...
Catocala atocala, Brou's underwing or the atocala underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Louisiana west to Oklahoma and north to...
Catocala tapestrina is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1882. It is found in China, Bhutan, Nepal and in India. Catocala...
Catocala olgaorlovae is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Vasiliy D. Kravchenko et al. in 2008. It is known only from the southern Levant...
has media related to Catocala szechuena. Wikispecies has information related to Catocala szechuena. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala szechuena Hampson 1913"...
Catocala mesopotamica is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Nikolai Yakovlevich Kuznetsov in 1903. It is found in Turkey. Wikimedia Commons...
Catocala obscena is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Sergei Alphéraky in 1879. It is found in Korea and China. Catocala obscena obscena...
Catocala nymphaea is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1787. It is found in southern France...
has media related to Catocala persimilis. Wikispecies has information related to Catocala persimilis. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala persimilis Warren 1888"...
media related to Catocala giuditta. Wikispecies has information related to Catocala giuditta. Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala hariti Ishizuka...
Catocala nebulosa, the clouded underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by William Henry Edwards in 1864. It is found...
media related to Catocala rhodosoma. Wikispecies has information related to Catocala rhodosoma. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Catocala rhodosoma Rober...
Catocala grisatra (grisatra underwing) is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from the coastal plain in Bladen County, North Carolina, south through...
Catocala concumbens, the sleepy underwing or pink underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858...
has media related to Catocala paki. Wikispecies has information related to Catocala paki. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Catocala paki Kishida 1981"....
Catocala muliercula, the little wife underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found...
Catocala adultera is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Édouard Ménétries in 1856. It is found in northern Europe, from Siberia to the Russian...
Catocala insolabilis, the inconsolable underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found...
Catocala coccinata, the scarlet underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1872. It is...
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