Catocala unijuga

Once-married underwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species: C. unijuga
Binomial name
Catocala unijuga
Walker, [1858][1]
Synonyms
  • Catocala lucilla Worthington, 1883
  • Catocala unijuga var. agatha Beutenmüller, 1907
  • Catocala unijuga var. fletcheri Beutenmüller, 1903
  • Catocala patricia Cassino, 1917
  • Catocala helena Cassino, 1917
  • Catocala cassinoi Beutenmüller, 1918

The once-married underwing (Catocala unijuga) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from Newfoundland west to south central British Columbia, south to Kentucky and Missouri in the east, Colorado and Utah in the west.

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The wingspan is 6882 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September in one generation depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Populus tremuloides, Populus nigra and Salix species.

Subspecies

References

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