Catocala hymenaea is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.[1] It is found from the Middle East to western Asia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Catocala |
| Species: | C. hymenaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Catocala hymenaea (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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There is one generation per year. Adults are on wing from May to July.
The larvae feed on Prunus species, including Prunus spinosa.
References edit
- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala hymenaea (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
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- Kravchenko, V. D.; Müller, G.; Orlova, O. B.; Seplyarskaya, V. N. (2004). "The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 13 (3): 175–186. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-19 – via Internet Archive.
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