Woody Underwing - Catocala grynea

TL: ~25 mm. Chestnut streak along inner margin. Fragmented AM and PM lines widen at costa. HW is golden yellow with black bands and checkered fringe. Hosts: Apple, cherry, hawthorn, and plum. Status: Common.

Habitat: Attracted to 365+395 nm LED lights in a semi-rural area

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Calbost Niel

Lion

A carpenter's delight Posted 4 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
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  Indeed. Handy with a hammer, no doubt. Posted 4 years ago

Paul Dirksen

Lion

Gorgeous spec. Posted 4 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
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  Thanks! I feel lucky that it stopped by. Posted 4 years ago

The Woody Underwing

"Catocala grynea", the woody underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in North America from Ontario and Quebec through Maine and Connecticut, south to Florida, west to Texas and north through Iowa to Wisconsin and Minnesota.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Christine Young