Erebidae : Erebinae
Oak Yellow Underwing
CATOCALA nymphagoga (Esper, 1787)
Oak Yellow Underwing
CATOCALA nymphagoga (Esper, 1787)
Life Cycle Guide - Europe
Description
Wingspan: 39 - 46mm
Worldwide Distribution: Southern Europe - less (Belgium,Channel Isles,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,Germany,Ireland,Latvia,
Lithuania,Luxembourg,Norway,C ,N & NW Russia,Sweden,Netherlands & some Mediterranean Islands : N Africa : Asia Minor
UK Distribution: Rare Migrant
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Oak Forest
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Ovum
Observations: This moth carries the same genus as the Red Underwing (Catocala) and the likeness is obvious, albeit the underwing with this moth is yellow.
The moth is a possible migrant species to the UK appearing about 5 times in southern England and Wales since 1982 although the conservation status would seem to indicate a vagrant/accidental introduction.
A resident of southern Europe down to north Africa and across to Asia minor it is one of several Catocala distinguished from the other by the 90º bend in the black central hindwing stripe.
Worldwide Distribution: Southern Europe - less (Belgium,Channel Isles,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,Germany,Ireland,Latvia,
Lithuania,Luxembourg,Norway,C ,N & NW Russia,Sweden,Netherlands & some Mediterranean Islands : N Africa : Asia Minor
UK Distribution: Rare Migrant
UK Conservation Status -
- Vagrant/Accidental
- Least Concern
- Phalaena
- Phalaena
- Europe
Habitat: Oak Forest
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Ovum
Observations: This moth carries the same genus as the Red Underwing (Catocala) and the likeness is obvious, albeit the underwing with this moth is yellow.
The moth is a possible migrant species to the UK appearing about 5 times in southern England and Wales since 1982 although the conservation status would seem to indicate a vagrant/accidental introduction.
A resident of southern Europe down to north Africa and across to Asia minor it is one of several Catocala distinguished from the other by the 90º bend in the black central hindwing stripe.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Fagaceae - Oak - Chestnut - Beech Family
- Quercus ilex - Holly Oak - Holm Oak
- Quercus Ilex rotundifolia - Holm Oak
- Quercus suber - Cork oak
- Quercus ilex - Holly Oak - Holm Oak
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuoidea Erebidae Erebinae Catocalini CATOCALA Schrank, 1802 Catocala nymphagoga (Esper, 1787) - Phalaena nupta (Linnaeus, 1767) - PHALAENA nymphagoga (Esper, 1787) = Noctua nymphagoga Esper, 1787 = Phalaena uxor Hübner, [1788] = Catocala tmolia Lederer, 1865 = Catocala vallantini Oberthür, 1894 - Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen Th. IV, Bd. 1 (38) : Title Page : p.159, (33) : pl. 105 - f. 5 - Europe |