Catocala innubens

Betrothed underwing


Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Catocala
Species:	C. innubens
Binomial name
*Catocala innubens* Guenée, 1852^[1]
Synonyms
Catabapta innubens Catocala hinda French, 1881 Catocala innubenta Strand, 1914 Catocala scintillans Grote & Robinson, 1866 Catocala innubens var. flavidalis Grote, 1874 Catocala innubens flavidalis Catocala innubens scintillans Catocala innubens hinda

The betrothed underwing (Catocala innubens) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from southern Ontario and Quebec (where it is rare) south through Michigan, Connecticut, Tennessee to Florida and west to Texas and Oklahoma and north to Wisconsin.

The wingspan is 55–72 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September depending on the location. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Gleditsia triacanthos.

References

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