Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Hexapoda Order Lepidoptera Scientific name Catocala micronympha | Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Family Erebidae Rank Species | |
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Similar Catocala amica, Catocala grynea, Catocala blandula, Catocala alabamae, Catocala ultronia | ||
The Little Nymph Underwing or Little Bride Underwing (Catocala micronympha) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from southern Ontario, Quebec, and Manitoba through New Hampshire, Connecticut, and New Jersey to Florida, west to Texas and then north through Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, to Wisconsin and Minnesota and then east to Michigan.
The wingspan is 35–50 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus stellata, and Quercus virginiana
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