Genus Catocala Rank Species | ||
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Similar Catocala epione, Catocala vidua, Catocala obscura, Catocala innubens, Catocala palaeogama | ||
Catocala lacrymosa, the tearful underwing, is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from Massachusetts and Connecticut south to Florida, west to Texas and eastern Oklahoma and north to Illinois and Michigan and into southern Ontario.
The wingspan is 60–82 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September depending on the location. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Carya species.
References
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