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Host plants include Black Walnut (Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants).
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A Sad Underwing Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/8/2015).
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Sad Underwing Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/26/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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A Sad Underwing Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/28/2014).
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A Sad Underwing Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/7/2014).
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Sad Underwing Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/4/2024). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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A Sad Underwing Moth in Somerset Co., Maryland (8/24/2008). Determined by Dale F. Schweitzer.
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A Sad Underwing Moth in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (9/3/2016). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Sad Underwing Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/23/2021). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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A Sad Underwing Moth in Baltimore City, Maryland (7/19/2010). Determined by Maury J. Heiman/BugGuide.
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A Sad Underwing Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/7/2018).
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Sad Underwing Moth in Baltimore City, Maryland (7/25/2022). (c) Alice Thompson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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A Sad Underwing Moth collected in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/22/2001). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Sad Underwing Moth in Maryland (Date obscured). (c) dstutz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Source: Wikipedia
Sad underwing | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Catocala |
Species: | C. maestosa
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Binomial name | |
Catocala maestosa Hulst, 1884
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Catocala maestosa, commonly known as the sad underwing, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by George Duryea Hulst in 1884.[1][2] It is found in the United States from New York south to Florida and Alabama, west to Texas and eastern Oklahoma and north to Illinois, Indiana and Minnesota.
The wingspan is 78–98 mm. Adults are on wing from July to October depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Carya aquatica, Carya illinoinensis and Juglans nigra.
References
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- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala maestosa Hulst 1884". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015.
- ^ Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala maestosa Hulst, 1884". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
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