Catocala abbreviatella

Catocala abbreviatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species: C. abbreviatella
Binomial name
Catocala abbreviatella
Grote, 1872[1]

Catocala abbreviatella is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Indiana south and west to Texas and Oklahoma and north to Nebraska and Wisconsin.

The wingspan is 40-50 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Amorpha and possibly Robinia species.

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