Catocala conversa
{{short description|Species of moth}}
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| taxon = Catocala conversa
| authority = (Esper, 1787)
| synonyms = {{Specieslist
|Noctua conversa|Esper, 1787
|Noctua pasythea|Hübner, [1809]
|Noctua agamos|Hübner, [1813]
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Catocala conversa is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1787.{{cite web |last=Yu |first=Dicky Sick Ki |url=http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=85997607 |title=Catocala conversa (Esper 1787) |website=Home of Ichneumonoidea |publisher=Taxapad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315222610/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=85997607 |archive-date=March 15, 2016}} It is found in the Mediterranean zone and parts of the sub-Mediterranean zone (southern Europe, North Africa and Asia Minor).
The wingspan varies from 50–54 mm. Similar to other moths, their generation time is one year. Adults are on wing from June to August.
The larvae feed on Quercus species.
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303185411/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=446658 Fauna Europaea]
- [http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Catocala_Conversa Lepiforum e.V.]
- {{cite journal |first1=V. D. |last1=Kravchenko |first2=G. |last2=Müller |first3=O. B. |last3=Orlova |first4=V. N. |last4=Seplyarskaya |date=2004 |url=http://kmk.entomology.ru/pdf/rej13-2004/ent13_3%20175_186%20Kravchenko.pdf |title=The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel |journal=Russian Entomological Journal |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=175–186 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819122444/http://kmk.entomology.ru/pdf/rej13-2004/ent13_3%20175_186%20Kravchenko.pdf |archive-date=2011-08-19 |via=Internet Archive}}
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Category:Moths described in 1787
Category:Taxa named by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper
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