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Species Catocala jair - Jair Underwing - Hodges#8879

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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 jair (Jair Underwing - Hodges#8879)

Hodges Number

8879

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Catocala jair Strecker, 1897 (1), (2)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Jewish and Christian scripture, Jair (Hebrew: יָאִיר Yā’îr, "he enlightens") from Gilead of the Tribe of Manasseh, the father of Elhanan who slew Lahmi, the brother of Goliath.

Size

Wingspan 35-40 mm. (3)

Range

Southern New York, New Jersey Pine Barrens, North Carolina and the northern half of Florida, west to Texas and Oklahoma. (3), (4)

Type locality: Florida. (5)

Season

Typically on the wing May through June.

See Also

Catocala amica

Catocala lineella

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.45; Pl.9, f.10 & f.20. (1)

Strecker, H., 1897. Catocala jair - new species from Florida. Entomological News 8(5): 116.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala (3)

Ferdinand Heinrich Herman Strecker (1836-1901)

Works Cited

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

2.	Systematics of moths in the genus Catocala (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) IV. Nomenclatorial stabilization of the .... Lawrence Gall, David Hawks. 2010. Zookeys 39: 37-83.

3.	Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	Systematics of moths in the genus Catocala (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). I. Gall, Lawrence F. & David C. Hawks. 1990. Fieldiana. Zoology. 59: 1-16.

Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 5 March, 2015 - 6:24pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 16 March, 2018 - 5:56pm

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