Catocala illecta

Catocala illecta, the Magdalen underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858.[1][2] It is found in North America from south-western Ontario south to Tennessee and South Carolina and west and south to Texas and north through Oklahoma and Kansas to Nebraska, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan.

Catocala illecta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. illecta
Binomial name
Catocala illecta
Walker, 1858
Synonyms
  • Catocala magdalena Strecker, 1874

The wingspan is 60–70 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Amorpha canescens, Gleditsia triacanthos and Robinia pseudoacacia.

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala illecta Walker 1858". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
  2. Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala illecta Walker, [1858]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 21, 2019.


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