Catocala agrippina

Catocala agrippina, the Agrippina underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Herman Strecker in 1874.[1] It is found in the United States from southern New Jersey south to Florida, west to Texas and eastern Oklahoma and north to southern Indiana.

Illustration

Agrippina underwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. agrippina
Binomial name
Catocala agrippina
Strecker, 1874
Synonyms
  • Catabapta agrippina
  • Catocala subviridis Harvey, 1877
  • Catocala barnesi French, 1900
  • Catocala barnesii

The wingspan is 75–85 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory).

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala agrippina Strecker 1874". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.


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