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Species Catocala herodias - Herodias Underwing - Hodges#8850

Catocala Herodias Gerhardi ( Herodias Underwing or Pine Barrens Underwing ) # 8850a - Catocala herodias

Catocala herodias - #8850a - Catocala herodias

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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 herodias (Herodias Underwing - Hodges#8850)

Hodges Number

8850

Other Common Names

Pine Barrens Underwing

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Catocala herodias Strecker, 1876 (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet for Herodias, princess of the Herodian dynasty of Judaea during the time of the Roman Empire.

Size

Wingspan 55-65 mm. (7)

Identification

Adult - forewing is grey and brown, generally lacking any trace of medial lines. Instead forewing veins are somewhat darkened in the median areas with white streaks from the post medial line to the outer fringe, running parallel to the inner margin.

Range

Eastern North America, west to Texas.

Type locality: Texas (Mr. Belfrage). (1), (8)

Habitat

Oak/Pine Barrens.

Season

Adults fly June to August; peak in late July.

Food

Larval hosts are oaks: (9)

bear oak (Quercus ilicifolia)

northern red oak (Quercus rubra)

Life Cycle

Eggs are laid on bark in fall and hatch in spring. Adults eclose from pupae at soil surface.

See Also

Catocala herodias gerhardi (Gerhard's Underwing), is distinguished by a very light, almost white border along the forewing costa.

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.36; Pl.8, f.10. (5)

Strecker, H., 1876. Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres, indigenous and exotic; with descriptions and colored illustrations (v. 13). Owen's Steam Book & Job Printing, p.121. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (10)

Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala (7)

Ferdinand Heinrich Herman Strecker (1836-1901)

Works Cited

1.	Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres, indigenous and exotic; with descriptions and colored illustrations (v. 13) Herman Strecker. 1876. Owen's Steam Book & Job Printing.

2.	The genus Catocala. George. D. Hulst. 1884. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 7(1): 14-56.

3.	Notes on some species of Catocala. William Beutenmüller . 1903. Bulletin of the AMNH, 19(19): 505-510.

4.	Notes on the life histories of North American Catocalae, with descriptions of two new forms. T.D. Mayfield. 1922. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 17: 114-120, 138-142.

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

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

7.	Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala

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

9.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

10.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 27 January, 2008 - 9:07am
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, dennepj10
Last updated 15 March, 2018 - 8:01am

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