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Catocala unijuga (Once-married Underwing)

Synonyms: Catocala agatha; Catocala cassinoi; Catocala fletcheri; Catocala helena (heterotypic); Catocala lucilla

Wikipedia Abstract

The once-married underwing (Catocala unijuga) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from Newfoundland west to south central British Columbia, south to Kentucky and Missouri in the east, Colorado and Utah in the west. The wingspan is 68–82 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September in one generation depending on the location. The larvae feed on Populus tremuloides, Populus nigra and Salix species.
View Wikipedia Record: Catocala unijuga

Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood)[1]
Populus nigra (Lombardy poplar)[1]
Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - 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