Catocala maestosa
Catocala maestosa, the sad underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1884.[1][2] It is found in the United States from New York south to Florida and Alabama, west to Texas and eastern Oklahoma and north to Illinois, Indiana and Minnesota.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Catocala |
| Species: | C. maestosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Catocala maestosa Hulst, 1884 | |
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The wingspan is 78–98 mm. Adults are on wing from July to October depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Carya aquatica, Carya illinoinensis and Juglans nigra.
References
- Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala maestosa Hulst 1884". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015.
- Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala maestosa Hulst, 1884". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
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