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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Erebidae » Erebinae » Catocalini » Underwings (Catocala) » The Penitent - Hodges#8771 (Catocala piatrix)

Species Catocala piatrix - The Penitent - Hodges#8771

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Erebinae
Tribe Catocalini
Genus Catocala (Underwings)
Species piatrix (The Penitent - Hodges#8771)
Hodges Number
8771
Numbers
110 species in the genus for North America north of Mexico(1)
two subspecies are recognized(a)
Catocala piatrix piatrix - Grote 1864
Catocala piatrix dionyza - H. Edwards 1885
Size
Wingspan 68-84 mm
Range
eastern North America from southern Ontario south to Texas and west from Texas to southern California(1)
Habitat
Deciduous forests
Season
adults fly July-November
Food
larval hosts include:
Juglans nigra (black walnut)
Juglans cinerea (butternut)
Carya sp (hickory)
See Also
Catocala neogama
Catocala subnata
Print References
Covell, p. 172, plate 37 #11 (2)
Lafontaine JD, Schmidt BC (2010) Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p. 30 (a) (PDF download)
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, Moths of Western North America,p. 261, pl. 14.1(1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page with photos of living and pinned adults.
Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society - photo of pinned adult
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - species account with photographs of pinned adults and DNA sequence
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
By Powell and Opler
2.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
By Charles V. Covell
Contributed by Cotinis on 5 March, 2005 - 10:37am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 25 May, 2011 - 12:36am

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