Catocala illecta

Catocala illecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species: C. illecta
Binomial name
Catocala illecta
Walker, 1858[1]
Synonyms
  • Catocala magdalena Strecker, 1874

The Magdalen Underwing (Catocala illecta) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from south-western Ontario south to Tennessee and South Carolina and west and south to Texas and north through Oklahoma and Kansas to Nebraska, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan.

The wingspan is 60–70 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Amorpha canescens, Gleditsia triacanthos and Robinia pseudoacacia.

References

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