Biology:Catocala nebulosa

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Short description: Species of moth

Catocala nebulosa
Catocala nebulosa – Clouded Underwing Moth (14550065679).jpg
Catocala nebulosa – Clouded Underwing Moth (14550110648).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. nebulosa
Binomial name
Catocala nebulosa
W. H. Edwards, 1864
Synonyms
  • Catocala ponderosa Grote & Robinson, 1866
  • Catabapta nebulosa

Catocala nebulosa, the clouded underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by William Henry Edwards in 1864.[1][2] It is found in North America from southern Ontario south through Tennessee to Florida, west to Texas and eastern Oklahoma and north to Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.

The wingspan is 75–86 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Carya cordiformis and Juglans nigra.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5053746 entry