Observation date: September 05, 2018
Submitted by: hydapse
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Came to external house lights at night. First seen at 5 AM
ID suggested by Chris Schmidt. However, Katsumi Ishizuka and Martin Honey (Natural History Museum London) feel this is Catocala hermia - "Underwing color of luciana is pale scarlet ,like salmon-pink, while hermia is crimson-red. Fore wing of luciana is more pale browish than hermia in general."
Status: Resident
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: March 06, 2019
Coordinator notes: Tentative ID (as most Catocala IDs are), based primarily on intensity of red, especially when compared to the other possible species of luciana and semirelicta.
