Yellow-Fringed Underwing (Catocala luctuosa)

At a 365+395nm UV light setup at a mixed forest edge.

comments (3)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Very cool find, the subtle earth tones are beautiful. It's almost like a reverse underwing. What you hiding beneath those wings? GRAY! Posted 3 years ago
1. Flown Kimmerling
  
  Lion
  
  It was a perfect specimen. These Catocala are a bit temperamental, but they will often eventually settle down and let you hold them. I was excited to see these colors. They blend in well with the red/yellow soil we have nearby. Posted 3 years ago

Christine Young

Lion

What a beauty! I love that you are still mothing! I should try a few more nights before temps get too low. Posted 3 years ago

The Yellow-gray underwing

''Catocala retecta'', the yellow-gray underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1872. It can be found in North America from southern Ontario and Quebec south through Maine and New Jersey, south through Tennessee to Georgia and west to Arkansas and Kansas and north to Wisconsin.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Flown Kimmerling