Catocala similis

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Similar underwing
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. similis
Binomial name
Catocala similis
Synonyms
  • Ephesia similis
  • Phalaena amasiaSmith, 1797
  • Catocala formulaGrote & Robinson, 1866
  • Catocala aholahStrecker, 1874
  • Catocala formula var. isabellaH. Edwards, 1880
  • Catocala similis aholah
  • Catocala similis isabella

Catocala similis, the similar underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by William Henry Edwards in 1864. [1] [2] It is found in North America from Ontario and Quebec south through Maine and Connecticut to Florida, west to Texas and Oklahoma, and north to Minnesota.

The wingspan is 35–45 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Carya illinoinensis and Quercus stellata .

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<i>Catocala</i> Genus of moths

Catocala is a generally Holarctic genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802. The moths are commonly known as underwing moths or simply underwings. These terms are sometimes used for a few related moths, but usually – especially when used in plural, not as part of a species name – they are used to refer to Catocala only.

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

Catocala fulminea, the yellow bands underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 Entomologia Carniolica. It is found in central and southern Europe, east Asia and Siberia. The xarippe lineage has been proposed to be a distinct and valid species in its own right, instead of being only subspecifically distinct.

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

Catocala piatrix, the penitent underwing, is a moth from North America. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1864. It is placed in subfamily Catocalinae, either of the family Noctuidae, or – if the Noctuidae are circumscribed more strictly – of family Erebidae. Within the Catocalinae, it belongs to tribe Catocalini and – if the Noctuidae are circumscribed widely – subtribe Catocalina.

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

Catocala whitneyi, or Whitney's underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by G. M. Dodge in 1874. It is found in North America from North Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas eastward through Wisconsin to Ohio and Tennessee. It has also been recorded as far west as Minnesota and Utah. In Canada, it has been found in Manitoba.

<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 hermia</i> Species of moth

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

Catocala nebulosa, the clouded underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by William Henry Edwards in 1864. It is found in North America from southern Ontario south through Tennessee to Florida, west to Texas and eastern Oklahoma and north to Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.

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

Catocala serena, the serene underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from southern Ontario, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, as far south as to at least Tennessee, and west to Pennsylvania, Illinois and at least as far west as eastern Wisconsin.

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

Catocala subnata, the youthful underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1864. It is found in North America from Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick to Nova Scotia, south through Maine and Connecticut to North Carolina and west to Tennessee, Kentucky, and Texas, then north to Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

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

Catocala marmorata, the marbled underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by William Henry Edwards in 1864. It is found in the United States from Vermont to South Carolina and west to Indiana and Illinois.

<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 clintoni</i> Species of moth

Catocala clintoni, Clinton's underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Ontario and Quebec, southward to Florida, west to Texas and north to Wisconsin.

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

Catocala gracilis, the graceful underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by William Henry Edwards in 1864. It is found in North America from Manitoba to Nova Scotia and Maine, south through Connecticut, New Jersey to Florida and west to Mississippi and Missouri.

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

Catocala minuta, the little underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by William Henry Edwards in 1864. It is found in the US from New York to Florida and west to Texas and north to South Dakota, Indiana and Michigan.

<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.

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

Catocala miranda, the Miranda underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Henry Edwards in 1881. It is found in the US from Illinois, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts to Florida and west to western North Carolina.

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

Catocala sordida, the sordid underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1877. It is found in North America from Saskatchewan east to New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island and south through Maine and Connecticut to Florida, west to Texas and north to Manitoba.

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala similis Edwards 1864". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
  2. Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala similis Edwards, 1864". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 22, 2019.