Catocala lacrymosa, the tearful underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Massachusetts and Connecticut south to Florida, west to Texas and eastern Oklahoma and north to Illinois and Michigan and into southern Ontario.
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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. lacrymosa
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The wingspan is 60–82 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September depending on the location. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Carya species.
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- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala lacrymosa Guenee 1852". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
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