Catarhoe cuculata
Catarhoe cuculata, the royal mantle, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1767. It is found from Europe to western central Asia.
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| Species: | C. cuculata |
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The wingspan is 22–27 mm. The basic or ground colour of the wings is whitish. The base of the forewing is black with a red-brown band, and at the apex are two reddish-brown stains that pass into a red-brown crossline and a dark brown and black spot (separated by a thin black crossline). The first crossline near the base of the forewing is red with a thick black border.
Adults are on wing from April to August in one generation.
The larvae feed on Galium species. Larvae can be found in July to September. It overwinters as a pupa.
Subspecies
- Catarhoe cuculata cuculata
- Catarhoe cuculata sabinata Dannehl, 1933
- Catarhoe cuculata undulosa (Warnecke, 1934)
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