Catocala fulminea

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 (Scopoli, 1763)
Synonyms
Catocala fulminea tungus Catocala invisa meli Catocala xarippe Phalaena fulminea Scopoli, 1763 Hufnagel, 1766 Butler, 1877 Ishizuka, 2009 Ephesia fulminea chekiangensis Phalaena paranympha Mell, 1933 Ishizuka, 2001 Phalanx manturna Linnaeus, 1767 Leech, 1900 Catocala invisa

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. 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.

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)

References

• 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.

External links

• Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala fulminea (Scopoli, 1763)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
• Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
• Fauna Europaea
• Lepiforum e.V.