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Catocala cara (Darling underwing)

Synonyms: Catocala sylvia

Wikipedia Abstract

Catocala cara, the darling underwing, is an Erebidae species. The species can be found in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; it occurs west at least to Oklahoma and north at least to Illinois. It also ranges into southern Canada, but only barely so.
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Attributes

Wing Span [1]  3.031 inches (.077 m)

Prey / Diet

Salix nigra (black willow)[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1The Underwing Moths (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae) of Oklahoma John M. Nelson and Peter W. Loy; Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science Vol. 63 (1983); pp. 60-67
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0