Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Catocala piatrix Grote, 1864
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Phylogentic sequence #930762
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin pio (to appease, purify) -trix (used to form a feminine nouns or adjectives) meaning "penitent."
Numbers
Two subspecies are recognized.
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Catocala piatrix piatrix Grote, 1864
Catocala piatrix dionyza Hy. Edwards, 1884
(6) Size
Forewing length 31-36 mm.
(8)Identification
Larva - green or brown, striate rather than mottled.
(8)Range
Eastern North America from southern Ontario south to Texas and west from Texas to southern California.
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Season
Adults fly July-November.
Food
Larval hosts include:
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Juglans nigra (black walnut)
Juglans cinerea (butternut)
Carya (hickory)
Life Cycle
Recently hatched larva; larva; larva; head capsule; final instar larva; pupa; adult
Print References
Barnes, Wm. & J.H. McDunnough, 1918. Illustrations of the North American species of the genus Catocala.
Memoirs of the AMNH 2(1):
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Pl.6, f.2-3;
Pl.13, f.5 (larva).
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Covell, C.V., 1984. A field guide to the moths of eastern North America. p.172, plate 37 #11
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Grote, A.R., 1864. Descriptions of North America Lepidoptera, No. 3.
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 3:
88.
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Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America.
University of California Press, p.261, pl.14.1
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