72.082 Catocala promissa (Light Crimson Underwing)
fw: 26-32mm; Jul-Sep; pedunculate oak (Quercus robur); RDB - resident in mature oak woodland in the New Forest, Hampshire and a few woodlands in S.Wiltshire, rare migrant to south coast from Devon to Kent.
Catocala promissa (Light Crimson Underwing) §4 male
ID: Most reliably distinguished from other Catocala species with a red hindwing by the shallow ‘W’ shape of the hindwing black postmedian fascia.
§1 New Forest, Hampshire; 27/06/2009
§2 New Forest, Hampshire; 14/08/2018; male; fw 28.0mm
§3 New Forest, Hampshire; 14/08/2018; male; fw 27.8mm
§4 New Forest, Hampshire; 05/08/2024; male
§5 Franchises Lodge RSPB, Wiltshire; 24/06/2025; male
§6 Franchises Lodge RSPB, Wiltshire; 25/06/2025; male; fw 28.3mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 New Forest, Hampshire; 14/08/2018; male; fw 28.0mm
§3 New Forest, Hampshire; 14/08/2018; male; fw 27.8mm
§4 New Forest, Hampshire; 05/08/2024; male
§5 Franchises Lodge RSPB, Wiltshire; 24/06/2025; male
§6 Franchises Lodge RSPB, Wiltshire; 25/06/2025; male; fw 28.3mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 21/03/2015 (§1) | §2&3 added 19/02/2019 | §4 added 15/10/2024 | §5&6 added 23/09/2025
