Catocala illecta
| Catocala illecta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Catocala |
| Species: | C. illecta |
| Binomial name | |
| Catocala illecta Walker, 1858[1] | |
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The Magdalen Underwing (Catocala illecta) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from south-western Ontario south to Tennessee and South Carolina and west and south to Texas and north through Oklahoma and Kansas to Nebraska, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan.
The wingspan is 60–70 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Amorpha canescens, Gleditsia triacanthos and Robinia pseudoacacia.
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