Catocala ultronia, the dark red underwing or ultronia underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1823.[1] It is found in most of eastern North America, south to Florida and Texas. It ranges west across the southern parts of Canada to extreme southeast British Columbia.

Dark red underwing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. ultronia
Binomial name
Catocala ultronia
(Hübner, 1823)
Synonyms
  • Eunetis ultronia Hübner, 1823
  • Catocala ultronia var. mopsa H. Edwards, 1880
  • Catocala ultronia var. lucinda Beutenmüller, 1907
  • Catocala adriana H. Edwards, 1880
  • Catocala ultronia var. celia H. Edwards, 1880
  • Catocala nigrescens Cassino, 1917
Adult

The wingspan is 46–60 mm. Adults are on wing in August in one generation depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Malus species, Populus grandidentata, Prunus pensylvanica, Prunus serotina, Prunus virginiana, and Tilia americana.

References

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  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala ultronia (Hubner 1823)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
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