Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Hexapoda Order Lepidoptera Scientific name Catocala vidua | Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Family Erebidae Rank Species | |
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Similar Catocala palaeogama, Catocala serena, Catocala retecta, Catocala habilis, Catocala obscura | ||
The widow underwing (Catocala vidua) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from southern Ontario, into Maine, New Hampshire and Connecticut, south at least to Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, west to Texas and Oklahoma, and north to Wisconsin.
The wingspan is 70–80 mm. Adults are on wing from August to October. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Carya illinoinensis, Carya ovata, Carya pallida, Juglans cinerea, Juglans nigra, Quercus, Robinia pseudoacacia, and Salix.
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