Catocala micronympha

Little Nymph Underwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species: C. micronympha
Binomial name
Catocala micronympha
Guenée, 1852[1]
Synonyms
  • Ephesia micronympha
  • Catocala timandra H. Edwards, 1880
  • Catocala hero Hulst, 1884
  • Catocala atarah Strecker, 1874
  • Catocala gisela Meyer, 1880
  • Catocala fratercula Grote & Robinson, 1866
  • Catocala helene Pilate, 1882
  • Catocala ouwah Poling, 1901
  • Catocala fratercula atarah
  • Catocala fratercula gisela
  • Catocala fratercula hero
  • Catocala fratercula jaquenetta
  • Catocala fratercula ouwah
  • Catocala fratercula timandra
  • Catocala micronympha fratercula
  • Catocala fratercula var. jacquenetta H. Edwards, 1880
  • Catocala fratercula var. hero H. Edwards, 1884

The Little Nymph Underwing or Little Bride Underwing (Catocala micronympha) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from southern Ontario, Quebec, and Manitoba through New Hampshire, Connecticut, and New Jersey to Florida, west to Texas and then north through Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, to Wisconsin and Minnesota and then east to Michigan.

Lectotype of Catocala gisela, now considered to be a synonym of Catocala micronympha

The wingspan is 35–50 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus stellata, and Quercus virginiana

References

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