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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) » Lincoln's Underwing - Hodges#8860 (Catocala lincolnana)

Species Catocala lincolnana - Lincoln's Underwing - Hodges#8860

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 lincolnana (Lincoln's Underwing - Hodges#8860)
Hodges Number
8860
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Catocala lincolnana Brower, 1976 (1)
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet for the type locality.
Size
Wingspan 40-50 mm. (2)
Range
Southern North Carolina to Florida, west to eastern Texas. (2), (3)
Holotype male: Lincoln County, Arkansas, 1 June 1937 (L.H. Bridwell(4)).
Food
hawthorn Crataegus. (2)
Print References
Brower, A.E., 1976. New Catocala of North America (Noctuidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 30(1): 34. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala (2)
Auburn E. Brower (1898-1994)
Works Cited
1.New Catocala of North America (Noctuidae)
A. E. Brower. 1976. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 30(1): 33-37.
2.Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Some new and rare records of Lepidoptera found in Texas.
Kendall, R.O., & W.W. McGuire. 1984. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 86: 1-50.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 26 November, 2013 - 9:13pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 4 March, 2018 - 10:09am

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