Catocala ultronia

Dark red underwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Catocala
Species:	C. ultronia
Binomial name
	Catocala ultronia; (Hübner, 1823)
Synonyms
	Eunetis ultronia Hübner, 1823; Catocala ultronia var. mopsa H. Edwards, 1880; Catocala ultronia var. lucinda Beutenmüller, 1907; Catocala adriana H. Edwards, 1880; Catocala ultronia var. celia H. Edwards, 1880; Catocala nigrescens Cassino, 1917;

Catocala ultronia, the dark red underwing or ultronia underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1823.^[1] It is found in most of eastern North America, south to Florida and Texas. It ranges west across the southern parts of Canada to extreme southeast British Columbia.

The wingspan is 46–60 mm. Adults are on wing in August in one generation depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Malus species, Populus grandidentata, Prunus pensylvanica, Prunus serotina, Prunus virginiana, and Tilia americana.

References

^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala ultronia (Hubner 1823)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.

External links

Anweiler, G. G.; Robinson, E. "Species Page - Catocala ultronia". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
Oehlke, Bill. "Catocala ultronia (Hubner, 1823) Eunetis ultronia". The Catocala Website. Archived November 22, 2008.

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala ultronia (Hubner 1823)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.

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