Catocala unijuga

Catocala unijuga, the once-married underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858.[1][2] It is found in North America from Newfoundland west to south central British Columbia, south to Kentucky and Missouri in the east, Colorado and Utah in the west.

Illustration

Once-married underwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. unijuga
Binomial name
Catocala unijuga
Walker, [1858]
Synonyms
  • Catocala lucilla Worthington, 1883
  • Catocala unijuga var. agatha Beutenmüller, 1907
  • Catocala unijuga var. fletcheri Beutenmüller, 1903
  • Catocala patricia Cassino, 1917
  • Catocala helena Cassino, 1917
  • Catocala cassinoi Beutenmüller, 1918

The wingspan is 6882 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September in one generation depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Populus tremuloides, Populus nigra and Salix species.

Subspecies

  • Catocala unijuga unijuga
  • Catocala unijuga patricia Cassino, 1917 (Utah)

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala unijuga Walker 1858". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
  2. Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala unijuga Walker, [1858]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 22, 2019.


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