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Catocala vidua

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Widow underwing
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. vidua
Binomial name
Catocala vidua
(J. E. Smith, 1797)
Synonyms
  • Catabapta vidua
  • Phalaena vidua J. E. Smith, 1797
  • Catocala desperata Guenée, 1852

Catocala vidua, the widow underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by James Edward Smith in 1797.[1][2] It is found in North America from southern Ontario, into Maine, New Hampshire and Connecticut, south at least to Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, west to Texas and Oklahoma, and north to Wisconsin.

The wingspan is 70–80 mm. Adults are on wing from August to October. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Carya illinoinensis, Carya ovata, Carya pallida, Juglans cinerea, Juglans nigra, Quercus, Robinia pseudoacacia, and Salix.

References

  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala vidua (Smith 1797)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala vidua (Smith, 1797)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
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