Catocala consors, the consort underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Maine and Connecticut south to Florida and west to Texas and eastern Oklahoma.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Catocala |
| Species: | C. consors
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| Catocala consors Smith, 1797[1]
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The wingspan is over 70 mm. Adults are on wing from April to July depending on the location. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Amorpha fructicosa and Carya species.
Subspecies
edit- Catocala consors consors
- Catocala consors sorsconi Barnes & Benjamin, 1924 (Maine)
References
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- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala consors (Smith 1797)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
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