Catocala distorta

Catocala distorta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species: C. distorta
Binomial name
Catocala distorta
Butler, 1889[1]

Catocala distorta is a moth in the Erebidae family. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1889. It is found in Himachal Pradesh, India.[2] The species is 52 millimetres (2.0 in) long and is different from Catocala nymphaea by being more brown and having much duller thorax and forewing.[3]

References

  1. taxapad.com
  2. Catocala at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Sir George Francis Hampson (1894). The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor & Francis. p. 441.


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