Biology:Catocala obscura

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Short description: Species of moth

Obscure underwing
Catocala obscura.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. obscura
Binomial name
Catocala obscura
Strecker, 1873
Synonyms
  • Schwartz, 1919
  • Catocala simulatilis Catabapta obscura
  • Grote, 1874 Catocala obvia

Catocala obscura, the obscure underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Ferdinand Heinrich Hermann Strecker in 1873.[1][2] In Canada it is found in southern Quebec (where it is rare) and Ontario and in the United States it is found from Massachusetts and Connecticut south to North Carolina, west to Mississippi and north to Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan.

The wingspan is 60–72 mm. Adults are on wing from July to October depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Carya glabra, Carya illinoinensis, Carya ovata, and Juglans nigra.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5053752 entry