Biology:Catocala lacrymosa

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Short description: Species of moth

Catocala lacrymosa
Catocala lacrymosa - Tearful Underwing Moth (14994369300).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. lacrymosa
Binomial name
Catocala lacrymosa
Guenée, 1852[1]
Synonyms
  • Catocala zelica Catabapta lacrymosa
  • French, 1881
  • French, 1881 Catocala paulina
  • Catocala emilia H. Edwards, 1880
  • Catocala evelina H. Edwards, 1881
  • Cassino, 1917 Catocala albomarginata

Catocala lacrymosa, the tearful underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Massachusetts and Connecticut south to Florida, west to Texas and eastern Oklahoma and north to Illinois and Michigan and into southern Ontario.

The wingspan is 60–82 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September depending on the location. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Carya species.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5053723 entry