Catocala subnata, the youthful underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1864.[1][2] It is found in North America from Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick to Nova Scotia, south through Maine and Connecticut to North Carolina and west to Tennessee, Kentucky, and Texas, then north to Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Catocala |
| Species: | C. subnata
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| Catocala subnata Grote, 1864
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The wingspan is 75–90 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Carya cordiformis, Juglans cinerea and Juglans nigra.
References
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- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala subnata Grote 1864". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
- ^ Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala subnata Grote, 1864". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
External links
edit- Oehlke, Bill. "Catocala subnata Grote, 1864". The Catocala Website. Archived November 22, 2008.
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