Sweetheart Underwing Moth
Catocala amatrix (Hübner, 1813)
Sweetheart Underwing Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/7488
Synonyms
Hodges #8834  The Sweetheart 
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Sweetheart underwing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. amatrix
Binomial name
Catocala amatrix
(Hübner, [1813])[1]
Synonyms
  • Noctua amatrix Hübner, [1813]
  • Catocala nurus Walker, 1858
  • Catocala selecta Walker, 1858
  • Catocala editha W.H. Edwards, 1874
  • Catocala pallida

Catocala amatrix, the sweetheart underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species can be found from Nova Scotia, south through Connecticut to Florida and west through Texas and Oklahoma to Arizona and north to Montana, Minnesota, and Ontario.

An exhibition model done by the Denton Brothers of Wellesley, Massachusetts was discovered in a consignment shop in Flagler Beach, Florida on September 12, 2013 by Brittany Durocher, a resident of that city. It was collected by the Denton Brothers in Virginia and named Catocala amatrix virginurus.

The wingspan is 75–95 mm. The moths flies from August to October depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Populus deltoides, Populus grandidentata, Populus nigra, Populus tremuloides, and Salix nigra.

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  • picture of the specimen found by Ms. Durocher
    picture of the specimen found by Ms. Durocher
  • Attribution to the Denton Brothers
    Attribution to the Denton Brothers
  • Lectotype of Catocala nurus, now considered to be a synonym of Catocala amatrix
    Lectotype of Catocala nurus, now considered to be a synonym of Catocala amatrix

References

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  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala amatrix (Hubner 1813)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
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