Robinson's underwing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. robinsonii
Binomial name
Catocala robinsonii
Grote, 1872
Synonyms
  • Catabapta robinsoni
  • Catocala curvata French, 1881
  • Catocala missouriensis Schwarz, 1915
  • Catocala robinsonii curvata

Catocala robinsonii, or Robinson's underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1872.[1][2] It is found in North America from southern Ontario and New Hampshire south to Florida west to Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas and northward to Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan (where it is rare).

The wingspan is 70โ€“80 mm. Adults are on wing from July to October depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Carya ovata, Juglans and Quercus alba.

References

  1. โ†‘ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala robinsonii Grote 1872". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
  2. โ†‘ Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala robinsonii Grote, 1872". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 22, 2019.


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