Biology:Catocala illecta

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Short description: Species of moth

Catocala illecta
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. illecta
Binomial name
Catocala illecta
Walker, 1858
Synonyms
  • Catocala magdalena Strecker, 1874

Catocala illecta, the Magdalen 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 south-western Ontario south to Tennessee and South Carolina and west and south to Texas and north through Oklahoma and Kansas to Nebraska, Wisconsin, Indiana , Illinois and Michigan.

The wingspan is 60–70 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Amorpha canescens, Gleditsia triacanthos and Robinia pseudoacacia.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5053709 entry