Catocala sordida
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Catocala |
Species: | C. sordida
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Binomial name | |
Catocala sordida Grote, 1877
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Catocala sordida, the sordid underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1877.[1][2] It is found in North America from Saskatchewan east to New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island and south through Maine and Connecticut to Florida, west to Texas and north to Manitoba.
The wingspan is 37–45 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Celtis and Vaccinium.
References
[edit]- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala sordida Grote 1877". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015.
- ^ Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala sordida Grote, 1877". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
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