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Catocala flebilis

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Species of moth

Catocala flebilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species: C. flebilis
Binomial name
Catocala flebilis
Grote, 1872
Synonyms
  • Catabapta flebilis
  • Catocala dejecta carolina Holland, 1903

Catocala flebilis, the mourning underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1872. It is found in North America from Massachusetts and Connecticut south to North Carolina and Georgia, west to Arkansas and north to Michigan and Illinois and into southern Ontario.

The wingspan is 45–65 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Carya glabra and Carya ovata.

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala flebilis Grote 1872". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.

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Taxon identifiers
Catocala flebilis


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