Catocala sappho, the Sappho underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Ferdinand Heinrich Hermann Strecker in 1874. It is found from Virginia and Tennessee south to Florida and west to Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Missouri and Illinois.
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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. sappho
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| Catocala sappho | |
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The wingspan is 62–75 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July and September to October in highland areas.
The larvae feed on Carya species.
References edit
- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala sappho Strecker 1874". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
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