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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Erebidae » Catocalinae » Catocalini » Underwings (Catocala) » The Penitent - Hodges#8771 (Catocala piatrix)
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Moth 2006 Oct ff - Catocala piatrix
Copyright © 2007 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Moth 2006 Oct ff - Catocala piatrix
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Size: 1" 1/4 plus
Late October 2006
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 3 February, 2007 - 3:45pm
Last updated 9 February, 2008 - 1:01pm

Moved
Moved from Underwings.
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 9 February, 2008 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

Catocala piatrix ( 8771) The Penitent Underwing moth
Dennis is correct. It's a Catocala piatrix.
… richard m. gillmore, 8 February, 2008 - 10:11pm login or register to post comments

Thank-you both ^__^ Some th
Thank-you both ^__^ Some of these are so easy and some are so hard.
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 4 February, 2007 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

As far as I can go
Catocala is as far as I can go with it. These moths are so variable and there are so many species that are similar iit would take someone with a great knowledge of underwing moths to give a 100% certain ID.
… tylerbug, 4 February, 2007 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

I can't find a good match for
I can't find a good match for this, they're so variable. Catocala piatrix is as close as I can come
… Dennis Profant, 3 February, 2007 - 6:51pm login or register to post comments

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