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Light Crimson Underwing

Catocala promissa

Description:

We saw this caterpillar in the New Forest in Hampshire UK. We couldn't identify it using google but we saw one on this site that looks the same, the Ilia Underwing Caterpillar https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/99... From what i can find out though this caterpillar is found in the USA not in the UK so was wondering if anybody had any better information. we also filmed it doing a flipping action which i understand is for defence.

Habitat:

Hollands Wood, the New forest, Hampshire,England. 50°50'07.5"N 1°34'06.0"W (can't get pin to work on map)

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5 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 4 years ago

Agree with Catocala promissa. Nice one! And welcome to Project Noah!

Chris69
Chris69 4 years ago

thanks for the replies . Having a name meas i have been able to fnd out a little more. I think we are safe to say your identification is correct:

'It is a rare species, only occurring in parts of the southernmost counties where oak woodlands abound, and is on the wing during July and August.'

we did indeed find it in oak woodland in the south of the UK.

https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/catoc...

thanks for your help, will have a look at the moths of the world misson.

I would agree with Antonio on thus one, it is very like the Light Crimson Underwing which has previously been reported frm that area. May I suggest thay you add this to the Moths of the World Mission, which is run by our very own Jacob Gorneau who started with us as a teenager and has become our representative for the American run Natioal Moth Week which has become global and iccurs in the next few weeks, read more about this elsewhere on thus site. Moths are still a very much inderstudied species, from my own experiences in Spain there wer about 4500 identified species there and possibly as many again still waiting to be identified, partly due to the very tiny size of some specimens making them very difficult to even see. When examining moths and carerpillars it is worth noting the sizes where possible,I often carry a small ruler for this purpose.

Hello Chris69 and Welcome to the Project Noah community!
I think it's a Catocala promissa caterpillar see the link and check :-)
https://www.google.com/search?sa=X&b...
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Hi Chris and welcome to Project Noah.
I am not familiar with this caterpillar but we have many expert users here who can probably help. Being in the UK it may not be identical to one in the USA but could well be the same family. I have also requested help for you via our Project Noah Worldwide Facebook page which you may request to join: https://www.facebook.com/groups/projectn...

Chris69
Spotted by
Chris69

New Forest, England, United Kingdom

Spotted on May 30, 2019
Submitted on Jun 2, 2019

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