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Catocala micronympha (Little Nymph Underwing)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Little Nymph Underwing or Little Bride Underwing (Catocala micronympha) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from southern Ontario, Quebec, and Manitoba through New Hampshire, Connecticut, and New Jersey to Florida, west to Texas and then north through Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, to Wisconsin and Minnesota and then east to Michigan. The wingspan is 35–50 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year. The larvae feed on Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus stellata, and Quercus virginiana
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Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.772 inches (.045 m)

Prey / Diet

Quercus macrocarpa (Burr Oak)[2]
Quercus stellata (Post Oak)[2]
Quercus virginiana (Live 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