Catocala helena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. helena
Binomial name
Catocala helena
Synonyms
  • Ephesia helena
  • Ephasia helena kurenzovi Moltrecht, 1927
  • Ephesia helena beicki Mell, 1936

Catocala helena is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Siberia and Manchuria.

Expansion of its distribution westward, presumably due to human activity, was recorded.[2][3]

The length of the forewings is about 30 mm.

Subspecies

  • Catocala helena helena
  • Catocala helena kurenzovi (Moltrecht, 1927) (South-eastern Siberia)
  • Catocala helena beicki (Mell, 1936) (Manchuria)

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala helena Eversmann 1857". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
  2. Knyazev, Svyatoslav A.; Gorbunov, Pavel Yu.; Melyakh, Sergey F.; Nedoshivina, Svetlana V.; Grebennikov, Nikolai D.; Matov, Alexey Yu. (2021-03-05). "The first record of Catocala helena Eversmann, 1856 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) in Europe with notes on its distribution in Russia". Ecologica Montenegrina. 40: 68–74. doi:10.37828/em.2021.40.5. ISSN 2336-9744.
  3. Titov, Sergey V.; Volynkin, Anton V.; Pulikova, Genriyetta I.; Kaptyonkina, Alyona G. (2022-03-23). "The first record of Catocala helena Eversmann, 1856 from Kazakhstan (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Erebidae: Catocalini)". Ecologica Montenegrina. 52: 42–48. doi:10.37828/em.2022.52.6. ISSN 2336-9744.


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