Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Catocala lacrymosa Guenée, 1852
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Catocala lacrymosa var. "Paulina" Hy. Edwards, 1880
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Catocala lacrymosa var. "Evalina" French, 1881 (
110),
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Catocala lacrymosa var. "Zelica" French, 1881 (
110),
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Catocala lacrymosa var. "Emilia" Hy. Edwards, 1881
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Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from
Latin meaning "weeping, full of tears."
Form "Emilia" named in honor of Miss Emily L.
Morton (1841-1920), amateur insect collector/breeder and entomological artist.
Identification
Pattern variable, but note white crescents on inner margin of forewing. Hindwing is black with white fringe, but black near anal angle.
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Eastern North America from Massachusetts to Florida, west to Wisconsin, Kansas, Texas.
Type locality: "Amerique septentrionale."
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Larval hosts include:
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shagbark hickory (Carya ovata)
pecan (Carya illinoinensis)
English walnut (Juglans regia)
See Also
Absent a view of the HW,
lacrymosa can be nearly indistinguishable from
C. palaeogama, though
lacrymosa does tend to have more prominent white chevrons at the inner margin and more prominent charcoal-colored "spikes" running parallel with the inner margin through the lower "tooth" of the PM line (typically broken or faded at median area in
palaeogama)
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.
14;
Pl.2, f.1-7.
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Covell, p. 306, plate 35#3
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Guenée A. & J.B. Boisduval, 1852. Vol. 7. Noctuélites, tome 3. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des lépidoptères.
Roret, Paris, 93.
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