Catocala obscura, the obscure underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Ferdinand Heinrich Hermann Strecker in 1873.[1][2] In Canada it is found in southern Quebec (where it is rare) and Ontario and in the United States it is found from Massachusetts and Connecticut south to North Carolina, west to Mississippi and north to Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, 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. obscura
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| Binomial name | |
| Catocala obscura Strecker, 1873
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The wingspan is 60–72 mm. Adults are on wing from July to October depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Carya glabra, Carya illinoinensis, Carya ovata, and Juglans nigra.
References edit
- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala obscura Strecker 1873". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
- ^ Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala obscura Strecker, 1873". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
External links edit
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- Oehlke, Bill. "Catocala obscura Strecker, 1873". The Catocala Website. Archived May 22, 2008.
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