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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Erebidae » Catocalinae » Catocalini » Underwings (Catocala) » Three-staffed Underwing - Hodges#8844 (Catocala amestris)
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Caterpillar - Catocala amestris
Copyright © 2008 Tom Bentley

Caterpillar - Catocala amestris
Smith Slough And Sand Prairie State Natural Area, Richland County, Wisconsin, USA
June 7, 2008
Feeding on false indigo plant(Amorpha fruticosa)
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 11 June, 2008 - 9:51pm
Last updated 8 July, 2008 - 9:58am

ID per Wagner.
ID per Wagner.
… Tom Bentley, 8 July, 2008 - 9:59am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Tom Bentley, 8 July, 2008 - 9:58am login or register to post comments

 
Nice work!
Nice work!
… john and jane balaban, 8 July, 2008 - 10:06am login or register to post comments

What a beauty!
It has the shape of a Zale or Catocala, but we don't see it in Wagner. We'll have to wait for his next book on the Noctuids to come out!
… john and jane balaban, 12 June, 2008 - 2:10pm login or register to post comments

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