Biology:Catocala innubens

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Short description: Species of moth

Betrothed underwing
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Catocala innubens – Betrothed Underwing Moth (14644791657).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. innubens
Binomial name
Catocala innubens
Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Catabapta innubens
  • Catocala hinda French, 1881
  • Catocala innubenta Strand, 1914
  • Catocala scintillans Grote & Robinson, 1866
  • Catocala innubens var. flavidalis Grote, 1874
  • Catocala innubens flavidalis
  • Catocala innubens scintillans
  • Catocala innubens hinda

Catocala innubens, the betrothed underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1][2] It is found in North America from southern Ontario and Quebec (where it is rare) south through Michigan, Connecticut, Tennessee to Florida and west to Texas and Oklahoma and north to Wisconsin.

The wingspan is 55–72 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September depending on the location. There is one generation per year.

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The larvae feed on Gleditsia triacanthos.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5053710 entry