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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 californiensis - Hodges#8862 (Catocala californiensis)

Species Catocala californiensis - Hodges#8862

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · 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 californiensis (Catocala californiensis - Hodges#8862)

Hodges Number

8862

Other Common Names

Ash-grey Underwing (1)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Catocala californiensis Brower, 1976 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #930822 (2)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet for the type location.

Size

Brower (1976) listed the wingspan.

♂ 46 mm.

♀ 47.5 mm.

Range

Southern California.

Brower (1976) reported Holotype ♂ from ranch 2.5 mi. ssw of Valyermo, Los Angeles County, California, 10 July 1967, collected by Noel McFarland.

Season

The main flight period is February to August.

Food

Quercus cornelius-mulleri

Q. turbinella

Print References

Brower, A.E., 1976. New Catocala of North America (Noctuidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 36; fig. 5. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala (5)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Auburn E. Brower (1898-1994)

Works Cited

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

2.	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 .

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

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 8 April, 2014 - 1:17am
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 14 March, 2018 - 1:24pm

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