''Catocala actaea'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

first described by

Rudolf Felder Rudolf Felder (2 May 1842 in Vienna – 29 March 1871 in Vienna) was an Austrian jurist and entomologist. He was mainly interested in Lepidoptera, amassing, with his father, Cajetan Felder, a huge collection. Works *with Cajetan Felder, Lepidopte ...

and

Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer (22 December 1831, in Vienna – 15 January 1897, in Vienna) was an Austrian entomologist. He was a curator at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, where he was the first keeper of the Lepidoptera. Rogenhofer was main ...

in 1874.

Subspecies

*''Catocala actaea actaea'' *''Catocala actaea nigricans'' (Mell, 1939) (Shanxi)

Description

The wingspan of ''Catocala actaea'' can reach about ."コシロシタバ ''Catocala actaea'' Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874"
''Japanese Moths''. Retrieved October 18, 2019. This moths has cryptically coloured forewings. Hindwings are mostly blackish, with a white stripe and a small white spot in the middle.

Distribution

This species can be found in

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, the

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, the

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and northern

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References

External links

*Berlov, Oleg E
"''Catocala actaea'' Felder et Rogenhofer, 1874:"
''olegberlov @ narod.ru''.
"''Catocala actaea'' R.Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874"
''Insecta.pro''. actaea Moths of Asia Moths described in 1874 Taxa named by Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer {{Catocalini-stub