Species Catocala retecta - Yellow-gray Underwing - Hodges#8788

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Yellow-gray Underwing - Catocala retecta

Catocala retecta var. luctuosa - Catocala retecta

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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 Catocalinae

Tribe Catocalini

Genus Catocala (Underwings)

Species retecta (Yellow-gray Underwing - Hodges#8788)

FW pale gray, some with yellowish brown shading. Distinct pattern with 2 black dashes near the base, with others below apex, and on PM line. Black HW with a white checkered fringe.

Range

Southern Quebec to Georgia, west to Wisconsin and Arkansas.

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1.	Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America By Charles V. Covell, Jr.

Contributed by tom murray on 31 December, 2005 - 5:04pm

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