Species Catocala dejecta - Dejected Underwing - Hodges#8790

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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 dejecta (Dejected Underwing - Hodges#8790)

Hodges Number

8790

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Catocala dejecta Strecker, 1880 (in Edwards) (1), (2)

Explanation of Names

dejecta (L). "dejected, things cast down"

Range

e. US - Map (MPG)

Food

Pignut hickory (Carya glabra), shagbark hickory (Carya ovata), oak (Quercus). (3)

Remarks

Type locality: Nebraska (4)

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.13; Pl.2, f.8. (2)

Strecker, in Edwards, 1880. Descriptions of some new species of Catocala. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 2(12): 97. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala (3)

Mark Dreiling photo

Ferdinand Heinrich Herman Strecker (1836-1901)

Works Cited

1.	Descriptions of some new species of Catocala. Henry Edwards. 1880. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 2(12): 93-97.

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

3.	Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala

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

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 18 June, 2005 - 10:46am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 14 October, 2019 - 11:29am

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