another moth

Dave Mac · Post by **Dave Mac** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 7:43 am

...............and while we are on the subject can anyone help with a name for this one. It was quite large, about 1" from top to tail and was flying during the day

Thanks
Dave

JKT · Post by **JKT** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:03 am

I'd say Catocala fraxini - or some other Catocala I'm not familiar with. If the hindwings had any blue, it is C. fraxini. If they had red or yellow, it is something else.

Dave Mac · Post by **Dave Mac** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:16 am

JKT thanks for pointing me in the right direction. My wife saw it land and said she thought that there was a flash of red on the underwing. It was about 12 ft. up a post so I was not able to disturb it (gently) to see for myself. We waited around for about 15 mins but it had more patience than me and we moved on. Anyway, unless anyone gives a different identification I will settle for Catocala nupta (red underwing)
Cheers
Dave

JKT · Post by **JKT** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 1:48 pm

Now that you mention it, the forewings for C. nupta and C. fraxini can be quite similar. Considering the hindwings, I never noticed!

Tymo · Post by **Tymo** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:20 pm

This is Catocala nupta, see for a description of the frontwing on a Dutch discussion board:
http://forum.waarneming.nl/forum/index. ... opic=30587

Kind regards,
Tymo

Dave Mac · Post by **Dave Mac** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:44 am

Thanks Tymo, the picture looks very similar.