Catocala antinympha, the sweetfern underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Quebec and Ontario east to Nova Scotia and south to Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Catocala |
Species: | C. antinympha
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Binomial name | |
Catocala antinympha | |
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The wingspan is 45–55 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Comptonia peregrina.
References
edit- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala antinympha (Hubner 1823)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
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