Catocala retecta

Yellow-Gray Underwing
lectotype of Catabapta luctuosa, now mostly considered a synonym of Catocala retecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species: C. retecta
Binomial name
Catocala retecta
Grote, 1872[1]
Synonyms
  • Catabapta retecta
  • Catocala luctuosa Hulst, 1884

The Yellow-Gray Underwing (Catocala retecta) is a moth of the Erebidae family. The species can be found from southern Ontario and Quebec south through Maine and New Jersey, south through Tennessee to Georgia and west to Arkansas and Kansas and north to Wisconsin. There is one recognised subspecies, Catocala retecta luctuosa, which is sometimes treated as a valid species with the common name Yellow-fringed Underwing.

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The wingspan is 60–75 mm. The moths flies from July to October depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Juglans and Carya species.

Subspecies

References

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