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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Catocalini » Underwings (Catocala) » Widow Underwing - Hodges#8792 (Catocala vidua)
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Dagger moth? - Catocala vidua
Copyright © 2014 easily_overlooked

Dagger moth? - Catocala vidua
Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
October 5, 2014
Size: >40mm
A huge moth I discovered hanging out around the doorway. I'm pretty sure it's a Dagger moth of some kind but I'm having trouble figuring out which one.
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Contributed by easily_overlooked on 11 October, 2014 - 10:46pm
Last updated 4 December, 2014 - 9:42pm

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Catocala
did you see the underwing? It looks to be Catocala vidua - Widow Underwing - Hodges #8792

the underwing would be black with a white trim at the fringe

… Marcia Morris, 12 October, 2014 - 1:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Nope, I didn't get to see the
Nope, I didn't get to see the underwing at all. I guess now I know why I couldn't find a matching dagger moth, huh?

Thanks for the help! :)
… easily_overlooked, 12 October, 2014 - 10:54pm login or register to post comments

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