Catocala micronympha

Little Nymph Underwing


Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Catocala
Species:	C. micronympha
Binomial name
*Catocala micronympha* Guenée, 1852^[1]
Synonyms
Ephesia micronympha Catocala timandra H. Edwards, 1880 Catocala hero Hulst, 1884 Catocala atarah Strecker, 1874 Catocala gisela Meyer, 1880 Catocala fratercula Grote & Robinson, 1866 Catocala helene Pilate, 1882 Catocala ouwah Poling, 1901 Catocala fratercula atarah Catocala fratercula gisela Catocala fratercula hero Catocala fratercula jaquenetta Catocala fratercula ouwah Catocala fratercula timandra Catocala micronympha fratercula Catocala fratercula var. jacquenetta H. Edwards, 1880 Catocala fratercula var. hero H. Edwards, 1884

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.

Lectotype of Catocala gisela, now considered to be a synonym of Catocala micronympha

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.

References

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