Catocala pretiosa

Catocala pretiosa, the precious underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Joseph Albert Lintner in 1876. It was included in Catocala crataegi by many authors, but recently it has been revalidated as a distinct species. The subspecies of pretiosa is listed as a species of special concern and believed extirpated in the US state of Connecticut.[2]

Precious underwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Genus:
Catocala
Species:
C. pretiosa
Binomial name
Catocala pretiosa
Synonyms
  • Catocala bridwelli Brower, 1976

It is found from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey west to Pennsylvania and south to Virginia and North Carolina and west to Tennessee into Louisiana and Oklahoma. Subspecies texarkana is found from Florida to Texas.

The wingspan is 40–50 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June. There is probably one generation per year.

Larvae feed on Amelanchier, Malus, Photinia arbutifolia, and Prunus maritima.[3] The larvae of the pretiosa subspecies feeds on Amelanchier, Malus, and Aronia arbutifolia.[4]

Subspecies
  • Catocala pretiosa pretiosa
  • Catocala pretiosa texarkana Brower, 1976 – Texarkana underwing (Florida to Texas)
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References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala pretiosa Lintner 1876". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
  2. "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  3. https://bugguide.net/node/view/536125
  4. http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Catocala+pretiosa+pretiosa
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