Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Hexapoda Order Lepidoptera Scientific name Catocala pretiosa | Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Family Erebidae Rank Species | |
Similar Catocala alabamae, Catocala herodias, Catocala grynea, Catocala desdemona, Catocala blandula | ||
The Precious Underwing (Catocala pretiosa) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It was included in Catocala crataegi by many authors, but recently it has been revalidated as a distinct species.
It is found from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey west to Pennsylvania and south to Virginia and North Carolina and west to Tennessee into Louisiana and Oklahoma. Subspecies texarkana is found from Florida to Texas.
The wingspan is 40–50 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June. There is probably one generation per year.
Larvae feed on Amelanchier, Malus, Photinia arbutifolia, and Prunus maritima. The larvae of ssp. texarkana have been recorded on Crataegus.
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