Catocala chelidonia

Catocala chelidonia
	Catocala chelidonia chelidonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Catocala
Species:	C. chelidonia
Binomial name
	Catocala chelidonia; Grote, 1881[1]

Catocala chelidonia is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Arizona and Utah to California.

Catocala chelidonia occidentalis

Catocala chelidonia uniforma

The wingspan is 45–50 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Quercus species.

Subspecies

Catocala chelidonia chelidonia Grote, 1881 (from southern Nevada and south-central Utah southward and eastward through Arizona to New Mexico)
Catocala chelidonia occidentalis Hawks, 2010 (along the western desert edge in southern California and northward to at least Trinity County)
Catocala chelidonia uniforma Hawks, 2010 (mountains of south-eastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico)

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Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala chelidonia Grote 1881". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.

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