Biology:Catocala atocala
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Short description: Species of moth
| Catocala atocala | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Catocala |
| Species: | C. atocala
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| Binomial name | |
| Catocala atocala Brou, 1985
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Catocala atocala, the Brou's underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae.[1][2][3][4] It is endemic to the United States. Its main distribution area is the lower Mississippi River drainage in Louisiana and Mississippi, with some records as far north as southern Illinois, as well as from Oklahoma, Texas, and Florida.[1][5]
Adults are on wing from July to August.[6] The larvae feed on nutmeg hickory, Carya myristiciformis.[1][5] Under laboratory conditions, they also feed on Juglans cinerea and Juglans nigra.[5]
The forewing length is 33–37 mm (1.3–1.5 in).[5][6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Catocala atocala Brou's Underwing". NatureServe. 5 September 2025. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.111010/Catocala_atocala.
- ↑ "Catocala atocala Brou, 1985". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.25.254. 11 September 2025. https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/taxon/414156.
- ↑ "930786 – 8787.1 – Catocala atocala Brou, 1985 – Brou's Underwing". Digital Guide to Moth Identification. Moth Photographers Group, Mississippi Entomological Museum. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8787.1.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Catocala Schrank, 1802". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. https://nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/erebinae/catocala/#atocala.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Species Catocala atocala - Hodges#8787.1". Bug Guide. https://bugguide.net/node/view/869856.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Oehlke, Bill. "Catocala atocala". http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/Catocala/catatocala.htm.
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