Catocala fraxini (Linnaeus 1758) (Family Erebidae)

Forewing Length: 41-48mm;
Wingspan: 75-95mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
(Winter) April - July ? August - October
(Earliest: 3.9)

Biotopes:
Wet Forest

Hedge Rows
Food:
(Larva)
(Oligophagous)

Populus
Parasitoids:
Exorista larvarum Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:
Many Ichneumonidae Larvae

Many Braconidae Larvae

Several Tachinidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Catocala fraxini
Catocala fraxini
Lepidoptera and Their Ecology: Catocala fraxini
Lepiforum: Catocala fraxini
Plant Parasites of Europe: Catocala fraxini


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