Catocala mira

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Wonderful underwing
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. mira
Binomial name
Catocala mira
Grote, 1876
Synonyms
  • Catocala nira
  • Catocala polygama mira
  • Catocala danaCassino, 1918

Catocala mira, the wonderful underwing, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1876. [1] [2] It is found in North America from Manitoba through southern Ontario and Quebec through New Hampshire and Connecticut to Florida, west to Texas and north through Iowa and Illinois.

Contents

Its wingspan is 40–50 mm. Adults are on wing[ definition needed ] from July to August. There is probably only one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Crataegus .

Etomology

The species name mira means "wonderful" and is derived from Latin.

Description

C. mira has grey forewings with a lighter gray diagonal band extending horizontally across each wing. The orange hindwings have two black bands with a highly irregular edge and a checkered fringe about the outermost margins. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala mira Grote 1876". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala mira Grote, 1876". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Catocala mira". www.silkmoths.bizland.com. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
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