Catocala neonympha
Species of moth
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Catocala neonympha is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877.[1] It is found in south-western Russia, Ukraine,[2] Kazakhstan, eastern Turkey, Iraq, Armenia, Kurdistan, Afghanistan, the Altai Mountains and southern Siberia.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Catocala |
| Species: | C. neonympha |
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| Catocala neonympha Butler, 1877 | |
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Adults have been recorded on wing in August.
The larvae feed on Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) and possibly Quercus (oak) species. Larvae can be found from May to July.
Subspecies
- Catocala neonympha neonympha
- Catocala neonympha osthelderensis Hacker, 1990
- Catocala neonympha variegata (Warren, 1913)
