Catocala lesbia
Catocala lesbia is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1887.[1] It is found in the Middle East, in regions without severe winters. In Turkey, south-east of the Anatolian Plateau, in oases and desert foothills in Iraq, south as far as the Sinai and Egypt. In Israel it is found in the Jordan Rift Valley and Negev.
| Catocala lesbia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Catocala |
| Species: | C. lesbia |
| Binomial name | |
| Catocala lesbia Christoph, 1887 | |
Adults are on wing from June to September depending on the location. There is one generation per year in most of its range. There are two generations in Iraq.
The larvae feed on Populus euphratica.
Subspecies
- Catocala lesbia lesbia
- Catocala lesbia fittkaui Kravchenko, et al., 2008 (Waziristan, Pakistan)
References
- Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala lesbia Christoph 1887". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015.
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External links
- 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.
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