Scientific name: Eriogaster catax
It
can be recognized by the following characteristics: the wingspan
varies between 14-17 mm and 30-35 mm, the body and the wings are
brick-red in colour, with grey hues, and the borders of the anterior
wings are violet. On the back of the wings there is one white spot,
larger in males than in females. The body size is, nonetheless,
smaller in males. The abdomen ends with a tuft of grey-white hairs.
It
is a noctural butterlfy which prefers glades and sessile and oak
forest outskirts with termophilic characteristics, as well as bushes
of hawthorne and loft.
This
species has an atypical flying period, namely in the months of
October – November.
Where can be found:
Făgetul
Clujului - Valea Morii (SiteCode ROSCI0074)
Munții
Trascăului ( SiteCode ROSPA0087)