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) §1
ID: Most reliably distinguished from other Catocala species with a red hindwing by the shallow ‘W’ shape of the black postmedian cross-band of the hindwing.
DIssection
Male genitalia
§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
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
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 21/03/2015 (§1) | §2&3 added 19/02/2019
