Catocala nupta (Linnaeus, 1767) Species
Last modified: June 4, 2024, 10:06 a.m.
A common species throughout Belgium, especially in the northern part.
This species is considered Least Concern according to the IUCN Red List category for Flanders 2023.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Erebidae > Subfamily: Erebinae > Tribus: Catocalini > Genus: Catocala > Species: Catocala nupta
- Vernacular names
- Rood weeskind (NL), Red Underwing (EN), La Mariée (FR), Rotes Ordensband (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1844. Énumération des insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Mémoires de la Société royale des Sciences de Liége 2: 1–35. On page 14 (as Catocala nupta L.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Bionomics
Hibernates as an egg, laid in a bark crevice on the main trunk of the food plant. Pupates in a cocoon, formed either in a bark crevice or among plant debris. The adults come to light and sugar.
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Flight periods
The adults fly from early July till the end of October in one generation a year.
