Catocala atocala

Catocala atocala, Brou's underwing or the atocala underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Louisiana west to Oklahoma and north to southern Illinois.

Catocala atocala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. atocala
Binomial name
Catocala atocala
Brou, 1985[1]

Adults are on wing from July to August. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Juglans cinerea and Juglans nigra.

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala Schrank 1802". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on June 16, 2018.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.