Catocala flebilis
Catocala flebilis, the mourning underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1872.[1] It is found in North America from Massachusetts and Connecticut south to North Carolina and Georgia, west to Arkansas and north to Michigan and Illinois and into southern Ontario.
Catocala flebilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Catocala |
Species: | C. flebilis |
Binomial name | |
Catocala flebilis Grote, 1872 | |
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The wingspan is 45–65 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Carya glabra and Carya ovata.
References
- Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala flebilis Grote 1872". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
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