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Catocala delilah (Delilah Underwing)

Synonyms: Catocala adoptiva; Catocala calphurnia; Catocala swetti; Catocala umbella; Catocala umbra

Wikipedia Abstract

The Delilah Underwing (Catocala delilah) is an Erebidae species. It is found in the southern and midwestern United States, from Ohio south to Florida and west to Texas and Oklahoma.
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Attributes

Wing Span [1]  2.638 inches (.067 m)

Prey / Diet

Quercus macrocarpa (Burr Oak)[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