Catocala sappho

Catocala sappho, the Sappho underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Ferdinand Heinrich Hermann Strecker in 1874. It is found from Virginia and Tennessee south to Florida and west to Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Missouri and Illinois.

Sappho underwing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. sappho
Binomial name
Catocala sappho
Synonyms
  • Catabapta sappho
  • Catocala cleis Cassino, 1918

The wingspan is 62–75 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July and September to October in highland areas.

The larvae feed on Carya species.

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala sappho Strecker 1874". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.


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