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Subspecies Catocala ilia zoe

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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 ilia (Ilia Underwing - Hodges#8801)
Subspecies zoe (Catocala ilia zoe)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Catocala ilia zoe Behr, 1870 (1), (2), (3)
Catocala zoe Behr, 1870
Catocala ilia var. osculata Hulst, 1884 (2), (3)
Catocala reiffi Cassino, 1917 (4), (3)
Size
Wingspan about 65 mm.
Range
Arizona and California up to Oregon.
Type locality: Searsville, [Napa County, California]. (1)
Season
Flight time typically between June and September; some reports from May.
Print References
Behr, H. 1870. Synopsis noctuidarum hucusque in California repertarum. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 3: 24.
Internet References
Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala (5)
Hans Herman Behr (1818-1903)
Works Cited
1.Systematics of moths in the genus Catocala (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). I.
Gall, Lawrence F. & David C. Hawks. 1990. Fieldiana. Zoology. 59: 1-16.
2.The genus Catocala.
George. D. Hulst. 1884. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 7(1): 14-56.
3.Systematics of moths in the genus Catocala (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) IV. Nomenclatorial stabilization of the ....
Lawrence Gall, David Hawks. 2010. Zookeys 39: 37-83.
4.New species of Catocala.
Samuel E. Cassino. 1917. The Lepidopterist 1(8): 61-64.
5.Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala
Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 5 March, 2015 - 12:08pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 13 March, 2018 - 8:32am

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