Catocala nebulosa

Catocala nebulosa, the clouded underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by William Henry Edwards in 1864.[1][2] It is found in North America from southern Ontario south through Tennessee to Florida, west to Texas and eastern Oklahoma and north to Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Catocala nebulosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. nebulosa
Binomial name
Catocala nebulosa
Synonyms
  • Catocala ponderosa Grote & Robinson, 1866
  • Catabapta nebulosa

The wingspan is 75–86 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Carya cordiformis and Juglans nigra.

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala nebulosa Edwards 1864". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
  2. Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala nebulosa Edwards, 1864". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 22, 2019.


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