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Species Catocala ophelia - Hodges#8854

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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 ophelia (Catocala ophelia - Hodges#8854)

Hodges Number

8854

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Catocala ophelia Hy. Edwards, 1880 (1), (2), (3)

Catocala verrilliana var. ophelia Hy. Edwards, 1880 (4), (5)

Catocala ophelia var. dollii Beutenmüller, 1907 (1), (3)

Phylogenetic sequence #930840

Explanation of Names

Ophelia, former lover of Hamlet, is a character from Shakespeare's play Hamlet. Henry Edwards is known to use Shakespearean female characters when naming insects.

Range

Type locality: Mendocino County, California (Mr. O. Baron). (4)

Food

California white oak (Quercus lobata), black oak (Quercus kelloggii), burr oak (Quercus macrocarpa), canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepis). (6)

Life Cycle

Adult; young larva; older larva

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.38; Pl.8, f.13-14; Pl.14, f.8 (larva). (2)

Edwards, Hy., 1880. Descriptions of some new species of Catocala. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 2(12): 95. (4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (7)

Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala (6)

Henry Edwards (1827–1891)

Works Cited

1.	New forms of Catocala. William Beutenmüller . 1907. Bulletin of the Americal Museum of Natural History, 23(26): 935-940.

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

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

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

5.	Notes upon the genus Catocala, with descriptions of new varieties and species. Henry Edwards. 1880. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 3(7): 53-62.

6.	Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala

7.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by tom murray on 20 November, 2009 - 8:52pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 15 March, 2018 - 8:32am

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