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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) » Serene Underwing - Hodges#8779 (Catocala serena)

Species Catocala serena - Serene Underwing - Hodges#8779

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Erebidae

Subfamily Erebinae

Tribe Catocalini

Genus Catocala (Underwings)

Species serena (Serene Underwing - Hodges#8779)

Hodges Number

8779

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Catocala serena Edwards, 1864 (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "serene."

Size

Wingspan 55-60 mm. (6)

Range

Most records from the Midwest. (7)

Food

Larval hosts are shagbark hickory (Carya ovata), black walnut (Juglans nigra). (6)

Print References

Barnes, Wm. & J.H. McDunnough, 1918. Illustrations of the North American species of the genus Catocala. Memoirs of the AMNH 2(1): p.9; Pl.7, f.6. (4)

Edwards, W.H., 1864. Descriptions of certain species of Catocala, found within the United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 2: 510. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (7)

Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala (6)

William Henry Edwards (1822–1909)

Works Cited

1.	Descriptions of certain species of Catocala, found within the United States. William Henry Edwards. 1864. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 2: 508-512.

2.	On the North American species of Catocala. Augustus Radcliffe Grote. 1872. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4: 1-20.

3.	The genus Catocala. George. D. Hulst. 1884. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 7(1): 14-56.

4.	Illustrations of the North American species of the genus Catocala. William Barnes, James Halliday McDunnough. 1918. Memoirs of the AMNH 2(1).

5.	Systematics of moths in the genus Catocala (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). III. Gall, Lawrence F. & David C. Hawks. 2002. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 56(4): 234-264.

6.	Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala

7.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Dennis Profant on 30 July, 2005 - 5:41pm
Additional contributions by Ron M., marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 10 March, 2018 - 10:46pm

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