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Oak Yellow Underwing Moth

Catocala nymphagoga

Photo by injica
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Field Notes

Description:

The wingspan is 35 - 43 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August depending on the location. The larvae feed on Quercus species.

Habitat:

It is found in Southern Europe, from Bulgaria up to the Iberian Peninsula and sometimes further north as a migrant. It is also found in North Africa and Asia Minor

Reference Links:

Catocala nymphagoga, BOLD Systems: Taxonomy Browser

Species ID Suggestions

Oak Yellow Underwing

Catocala nymphagoga

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Jacob Gorneau
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Comments (9)
injica
mine to, that's why I still put it here ;) so yes, couldn't care less whether the picture is nice or not as long as I can see who's on the picture ;D
FFHRheingau
Haha :D Not too nice of it - but since my main goal is to find nice species and just secondly to take beautiful photos of 'em I could live with such a behaviour :-p
injica
to console you, they are super not-willing to collaborate to make some nice photos :D this one was about 5 m away from me...omg
FFHRheingau
Cool, I'm still waiting to find my first Catocala :-/
injica
ha ha I'm just kidding too ;)
injica
I have found some pictures with darker individuals too ;) ha ha ha, are you gonna jump out from this bushes too? :D crazy bayucca, now I'm really concerned :P
Jacob Gorneau
Please, verify! Yours appears to be a very dark individual. Maybe from the oaks bayucca was talking about?? ;-)
injica
Thank you! ;) Jakubko you rock ;)

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PublishedJune 24, 2013

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