72.079 Catocala electa (Rosy Underwing)
Rare migrant with 22 British records (to end 2019), mostly Sep, mostly Dorset and Isle of Wight
ID: See C.nupta (Red Underwing) for differentiation of Catocala species.
Postmedian line black and jagged with deep projections towards the termen.
Postmedian line black and jagged with deep projections towards the termen.
§1 Corfe Castle, Dorset; 05/09/2020; male; fw 32.5mm ~ 25th British Record (3rd for Dorset in 2020)
All images © Chris Lewis
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 13/09/2020 (§1), dissection images added 30/09/2019