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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) » Catocala californica - Hodges#8814 (Catocala californica)

Species Catocala californica - Hodges#8814

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Catocala cf. allusa - Catocala californica

California Underwing - Catocala californica

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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 californica (Catocala californica - Hodges#8814)

Hodges Number

8814

Other Common Names

California Underwing (1)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Catocala californica Edwards, 1864 (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)

Catocala mariana Hy. Edwards, 1875 (4), (7), (8)

Catocala elizabeth Cassino, 1918 (9), (6)

Catocala erichi Brower, 1976 (10)

Phylogenetic sequence #930803

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet for the type locality.

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) included 101 species of the genus Catocala in America north of Mexico. (11)

Powell & Opler (2009) reported 110 species in all of North America, and about 230 worldwide. (12)

Size

Wingspan 65-68 mm. (13)

Identification

Range

British Columbia to California. (14), (15)

Holotype collected Yreka, California.

Season

The adults appear to be most common from June to September. (15)

Food

The larval host plants include: (16)

Juglans nigra L. black walnut).

Salix spp. (willow).

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.24; Pl.5, f.1; Pl.13, f.9 (larva). (5)

Edwards, W.H., 1864. Descriptions of certain species of Catocala, found within the United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 2: 509. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (15)

Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala (13)

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum (17)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (18)

William Henry Edwards (1822–1909)

Works Cited

1.	Review of the Catocala delilah species complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) David C. Hawks. 2010. ZooKeys 39 (2010) : Special issue: 13-35.

2.	Descriptions of certain species of Catocala, found within the United States. William Henry Edwards. 1864. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 2: 508-512.

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

4.	Pacific Coast Lepidoptera, No. 14. Notes on the genus Catocala, with descriptions of new species. Henry Edwards. 1875. Proceedings of the California Academy 6: 207-215.

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

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

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

8.	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.

9.	New species of Catocala. Samuel E. Cassino. 1918. The Lepidopterist 2(7): 52-54; Pl.4, f.1-4.

10.	New Catocala of North America (Noctuidae) A. E. Brower. 1976. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 30(1): 33-37.

11.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

12.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

13.	Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala

14.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

15.	North American Moth Photographers Group

16.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

17.	University of Alberta Entomology Collection

18.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 21 August, 2013 - 3:22pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 13 March, 2018 - 3:18pm

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