Catocala lesbia

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Catocala lesbia
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C. lesbia
Binomial name
Catocala lesbia
Christoph, 1887[1]

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Catocala lesbia is a moth of the Erebidae family. 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.

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

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

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