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Catocala ultronia (Dark Red Underwing)

Synonyms: Catocala adriana; Catocala celia; Catocala lucinda; Catocala mopsa; Catocala nigrescens (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Dark Red Underwing or Ultronia Underwing (Catocala ultronia) is a moth of the Erebidae family. 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. 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 grandidenta, Prunus pensylvanica, Prunus serotina, Prunus virginiana, and Tilia americana.
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Attributes

Wing Span [1]  2.165 inches (.055 m)

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Citations

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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