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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Catocalini » Underwings (Catocala) » The Sweetheart - Hodges#8834 (Catocala amatrix)
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Moth #3 - Catocala amatrix
Copyright © 2008 Marvelwood School

Moth #3 - Catocala amatrix
Kent, Connecticut, USA
September 1, 2008
Found on wall under light at Marvelwood School
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Contributed by Marvelwood School on 11 December, 2008 - 8:04am
Last updated 20 December, 2008 - 9:32pm

something in genus Catocala
Catocala isn't my comfort area, but this one surely falls within ghe genus. As for id to species level, I can only make a guess... perhaps – Catocala amatrix.


-Nina
… Nina, 11 December, 2008 - 10:39am login or register to post comments

 
Excellent guess.
If it 'is' C. amatrix, then the moth should have been relatively enormous. They are large animals as moths go.
… Eric R. Eaton, 11 December, 2008 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

 
gee, thanks!
it was the only one in the genus that had such clearly marked dark areas on the forewings that parallel to the body.
… Nina, 11 December, 2008 - 7:16pm login or register to post comments

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