Catocala hermia

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Hermia underwing
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. hermia
Binomial name
Catocala hermia
H. Edwards, 1880
Synonyms
  • Catocala vestaBarnes & McDunnough, 1918
  • Catocala shebaCassino, 1919
  • Catocala verecundaHulst, 1884
  • Catocala dianthaBeutenmüller, 1907
  • Catocala rosaBeutenmüller, 1918
  • Catocala ritana Beutenmüller, 1918

Catocala hermia, the Hermia underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Henry Edwards in 1880. [1] It is found throughout the Great Plains of North America, from southern Saskatchewan and Alberta south and west to Texas, Arizona and California.

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Lectotype of Catocala diantha, now considered a synonym of Catocala hermia hermia Catocala diantha.JPG
Lectotype of Catocala diantha, now considered a synonym of Catocala hermia hermia
Lectotype of Catocala verecunda, now considered a synonym of Catocala hermia hermia Catocala verecunda.JPG
Lectotype of Catocala verecunda, now considered a synonym of Catocala hermia hermia

The wingspan is 58–68 mm. Adults are on wing from August to September depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Populus and Salix species.

Subspecies

The latter is often treated as distinct species, leaving C. hermia monotypic.

Catocala hermia verecunda, recorded from Colorado, Montana and Arizona, was formerly considered a subspecies, but is now a synonym of Catocala hermia hermia.

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<i>Catocala meskei</i> Species of moth

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<i>Catocala concumbens</i> Species of moth

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<i>Catocala blandula</i> Species of moth

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<i>Catocala briseis</i> Species of moth

Catocala briseis, the Briseis underwing or ribbed underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by William Henry Edwards in 1864. It is found across the North American Boreal forest region from Newfoundland to the Pacific, south to Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.

<i>Catocala californica</i> Species of moth

Catocala californica is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Henry Edwards in 1864. It is found in western North America from British Columbia and Alberta south through Washington and Oregon to California.

<i>Catocala junctura</i> Species of moth

Catocala junctura, the joined underwing or Stretch's underwing, is a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found throughout temperate North America, ranging from New York and Pennsylvania west to Montana, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arizona, and into Texas, and north to southern Illinois, extreme southern Alberta and Saskatchewan; it has also been recorded west of the Rocky Mountains from California and south-eastern British Columbia. It is typically found near water, where the food plants of its caterpillar larvae grow plentifully.

<i>Catocala luciana</i> Species of moth

Catocala luciana, the shining underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Herman Strecker in 1874. It is found in western North America, as far east as Minnesota and Illinois and northward into extreme southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. It occurs widely across the Great Plains, south to New Mexico, Arizona and California.

<i>Catocala praeclara</i> Species of moth

Catocala praeclara, the praeclara underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1866. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia west to south-eastern Alberta, south to Florida and Kansas.

<i>Catocala relicta</i> Species of moth

Catocala relicta, the white underwing or relict, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It lives in southern Canada, from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island, south to Missouri, and Arizona.

<i>Catocala semirelicta</i> Species of moth

Catocala semirelicta, the semirelict underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. It is found in North America from Nevada, Colorado, Utah, California, and Nova Scotia south to Maine, west across Canada to British Columbia, and southward in the mountains.

<i>Catocala ultronia</i> Species of moth

Catocala ultronia, the dark red underwing or ultronia underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1823. It is found in most of eastern North America, south to Florida and Texas. It ranges west across the southern parts of Canada to extreme southeast British Columbia.

<i>Catocala desdemona</i> Species of moth

Catocala desdemona, the Desdemona underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Henry Edwards in 1882. It is found in Utah and Arizona, ranging south into New Mexico and Texas, and onwards through Mexico up to Honduras.

<i>Catocala irene</i> Species of moth

Catocala irene, or Irene's underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Hans Hermann Behr in 1870. It is found in the western United States in Utah and California and Nevada.

<i>Catocala francisca</i> Species of moth

Catocala francisca or Catocala hermia francisca is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in California.

<i>Catocala ophelia</i> Species of moth

Catocala ophelia is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the dry forests of Arizona, California and south-western Oregon.

<i>Catocala violenta</i> Species of moth

Catocala violenta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Colorado to Arizona, east to Texas and into Mexico.

<i>Catocala andromache</i> Species of moth

Catocala andromache, the Andromache underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Henry Edwards in 1885. It is found in the United States from southern California to Arizona.

<i>Catocala jessica</i> Species of moth

Catocala jessica, the Jessica underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Henry Edwards in 1877. It was described in the United States from Arizona through Colorado to Illinois and California.

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala hermia Edwards 1880". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.