Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Hexapoda Order Lepidoptera Scientific name Catocala obscura | Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Family Erebidae Rank Species | |
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Similar Catocala serena, Catocala habilis, Catocala retecta, Catocala parta, Catocala innubens | ||
The Obscure Underwing (Catocala obscura) is a moth of the Erebidae family. In Canada it is found in southern Quebec (where it is rare) and Ontario and in the United States it is found from Massachusetts and Connecticut south to North Carolina, west to Mississippi and north to Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan.
The wingspan is 60–72 mm. Adults are on wing from July to October depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Carya glabra, Carya illinoinensis, Carya ovata, and Juglans nigra.
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