Updated as per E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum, Dept. of Bio. Sc., U. of Alberta *, Nov. 2007.
Updated as per Noctuidae of Western Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility #, Nov 2007

Catocala of British Columbia


Catocala semirelicta, August 25, 2004, courtesy of Tim Dyson, copyright.

The following table divides North American Catocala species reported in British Columbia into twenty one different groups. Moths are grouped according to hindwing colour bands (yellow, orange, salmon, red, pink, black or white) and wingspan measurements (small = 35-55mm, medium = 55-75 mm and large = 75mm plus).

Wingspan refers to the distance from wing tip to wing tip when the moths are spread with the inner margin of the forewing perpendicular to the body.

Those found in British Columbia are located in their respective groupings.

I (William Oehlke) have recently, November 2007, added Catocala meskei to this list based on reports from southern Alberta and northwestern Montana. If this species is present, it likely only occurs in extreme southeastern B.C..

Jon H. Shepard reports no Catocala ultronia observed in northeastern British Columbia despite two years of extensive collecting.

YELLOW

small:

medium:


large:




ORANGE


faust. cleopatra ?
briseis #
jessica ??
semirelicta *#





SALMON



meskei WO? ext SE
ultronia *#ext SE

aholibah #
faust. allusa # coastal
californica *#SE
junctura *#SE
unijuga *#

RED











PINK

small:


medium:
hermia ??
faustina #
large:

BLACK

WHITE








relicta *#






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