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CATOCALA MOTH [1 record]

Record 1 1991-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
OBS

Underwings (Catocala) are strikingly colored; the front wings have concentric bands of red, yellow, or orange.

OBS

Noctuid Moths of the Family Noctuidae have threadlike antennae ... Ilia Underwing, Catocala ilia.

CONT

White. Underwings, Aholibah Underwing, Tiny Nymph Underwing Penitent Underwing.

Key term(s)
  • underwing moth

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
OBS

Les Noctuelles sont des papillons nocturnes dont la plus grande espèce, du genre Catocala, a seulement 100 mm d'envergure. La nuit, ces papillons s'approchent des lumières à rayonnements ultraviolets.

Spanish

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