2011-04-12

Catocala robinsonii

Catocala robinsoni

Catocala robinsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked): Macrolepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Catocalinae
Genus: Catocala
Species: C. robinsoni
Binomial name
Catocala robinsoni
Grote, 1872
Synonyms
  • Catabapta robinsoni
  • Catocala curvata
  • Catocala missouriensis
  • Catocala robinsonii curvata

Robinson's Underwing (Catocala robinsoni) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from southern Ontario and New Hampshire south to Florida west to Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas and northward to Illinois, Indiana and Michigan (where it is rare).

The wingspan is 70-80 mm. Adults are on wing from July to October depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Carya ovata, Juglans and Quercus alba.

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