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Red Underwing

Catocala nupta

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Erebidae

The red underwing (Catocala nupta) is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae. This is a large (80 mm wingspan) nocturnal Palearctic (including Europe) species which, like most noctuids, is above and with the wings closed drably coloured to aid concealment during the day.

Distribution

Dick Belgers · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 7,513Germany · 1,879United Kingdom · 765France · 327Switzerland · 134Spain · 105Italy · 89Belgium · 78Luxembourg · 60