Catocala nuptialis
| Catocala nuptialis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Catocala |
| Species: | C. nuptialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Catocala nuptialis Walker, 1858[1] | |
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The Married Underwing (Catocala nuptialis) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from Manitoba south through Minnesota and Nebraska to eastern Oklahoma and Texas and east to Kentucky and Illinois.
The wingspan is 40-50 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Amorpha canescens.
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