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Species Catocala coccinata - Scarlet Underwing - Hodges#8851

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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 coccinata (Scarlet Underwing - Hodges#8851)

Hodges Number

8851

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Catocala coccinata Grote, 1872 (1), (2), (3), (4)

Catocala coccinata var. circe Strecker, 1876 (5), (6), (7)

Catocala coccinata var. chiquita Bartsch, 1916 (3)

Catocala sinuosa Grote, 1879 (15)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "scarlet," for the "bright crimson" hindwings. (1)

Size

Wingspan 57-70 mm. (8)

Range

Most records from the eastern half of North America. (9)

Type locality: Pennsylvania. (1), (10)

Food

Oaks including Quercus bicolor, Q coccinea, Q. ilicifolia, Q. macrocarpa, Q. rubra, Q. stellata. (8)

Life Cycle

Life cycle images:

larva, adult, pupal case

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.3, f.16-18; Pl.14, f.1 (larva). (3)

Grote, A.R., 1872. On the North American species of Catocala. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4: 6. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (9)

Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala (8)

Moths of North Dakota

Augustus Radcliffe Grote (1841-1903)

Works Cited

1.	On the North American species of Catocala. Augustus Radcliffe Grote. 1872. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4: 1-20.

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

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

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

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

6.	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.

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

8.	Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala

9.	North American Moth Photographers Group

10.	Systematics of moths in the genus Catocala (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). III. Gall, Lawrence F. & David C. Hawks. 2002. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 56(4): 234-264.

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 28 August, 2006 - 1:52pm
Additional contributions by Jason D. Roberts, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, dennepj10
Last updated 15 March, 2018 - 8:11am

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