#3048 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

French Red Underwing

🇳🇱 Populierenweeskind ·Catocala elocata

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Luca Sattin · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © heminna · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © romanvrbicek · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Izabella Farr · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © fotis-samaritakis · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 4292 Dobri dol, Bulgaria:© SteveM4560 · CC BY 4.0
7. Leopoldstadt, 1020 Wien, Österreich:© Per Hoffmann Olsen · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Chirpan, Bulgaria:© SteveM4560 · CC BY 4.0
9. Център, Болгария:© katunchik · CC BY 4.0
10. Németvölgyi út, Budapest, Budapest, HU:© jamesatkins · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Catocala elocata , the French red underwing , is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in Central Europe, Southern Europe, North Africa, Anatolia, Uzbekistan, and Kazachstan.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,707iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,707 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1787 (239 years ago).