Oldwife Underwing Moth
Catocala palaeogama Guenée, 1852
Oldwife Underwing Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/7475
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Host plants include Red Hickory, Shagbark Hickory, Pignut Hickory, Mockernut Hickory (Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants).

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Old wife underwing
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. palaeogama
Binomial name
Catocala palaeogama
Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Catabapta paleogama
  • Catocala annida Fager, 1882
  • Catocala snowiana Grote, 1876
  • Catocala neogama snoviana
  • Catocala palaeogama annida
  • Catocala palaeogama var. phalanga Grote, 1864

Catocala palaeogama, the old wife underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1][2] It is found in North America from Ontario and Quebec (where it is rare), through Maine, New Jersey, Tennessee, to South Carolina, west to Arkansas and Oklahoma and north through Iowa, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan.

Some authors consider Catocala palaeogama to be a synonym of Catocala neogama.

The wingspan is 60–70 mm. Adults are on wing from June to October depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Carya alba, C. glabra, C. illinoinensis, C. laciniosa, C. ovalis, C. ovata, Castanea dentata, Juglans nigra and Malus pumila.

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  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala palaeogama Guenee 1852". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala palaeogama Guenée, 1852". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
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