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
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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  • Catocala lesbia lesbia
  • Catocala lesbia fittkaui Kravchenko, et al., 2008 (Waziristan, Pakistan)

References

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  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala lesbia Christoph 1887". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015.
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