Catocala residua
Catocala residua, the residua underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874.[1][2] It is found in North America from southern Ontario, Quebec and Maine south to North Carolina and Georgia west to Mississippi and Missouri and north to Iowa, Illinois and Michigan.
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Catocala |
| Species: | C. residua |
| Binomial name | |
| Catocala residua Grote, 1874 | |
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The wingspan is 60–73 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September depending on the location.
The larvae feed on the Carya species C. glabra, C. illinoinensis, C. laciniosa and C. ovata.
References
- Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala residua Grote 1874". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
- Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala residua Grote, 1874". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
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External links
- Oehlke, Bill. "Catocala residua Grote, 1874". The Catocala Website. Archived November 22, 2008.
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