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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Erebidae » Catocalinae » Catocalini » Underwings (Catocala) » The Sweetheart - Hodges#8834 (Catocala amatrix)
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Underwing Moth - Catocala amatrix
Copyright © 2006 Sharon Perrault

Underwing Moth - Catocala amatrix
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
July 31, 2006
Size: about 2" width
Found this moth in the morning out on our back steps. He flew to a nearby maple tree when I tried to get him to open his wings. A Sweetheart moth? :)
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Contributed by Sharon Perrault on 10 November, 2006 - 8:21pm
Last updated 11 January, 2007 - 9:58pm

Moved
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… Sharon Perrault, 11 January, 2007 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

Catocala amatrix (8834) The Sweetheart
This moth is Catocala amatrix.
… richard m. gillmore, 15 December, 2006 - 10:08pm login or register to post comments

 
C. amatrix
Thanks so much for the ID. :)
… Sharon Perrault, 11 January, 2007 - 9:53pm login or register to post comments

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