
Darling Underwing - Catocala cara
WS: ~80 mm. Violet brown FW sprinkled with greenish scales along jagged, black lines. HW is bright pink with black bands. Hosts: Poplar and willow.
Habitat: Spotted resting in a bird blind on the edge of a pond in a deciduous forest

''Catocala cara'', the darling underwing, is an Erebidae species. The species can be found in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; it occurs west at least to Oklahoma and north at least to Illinois. It also ranges into southern Canada, but only barely so.
Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
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Uploaded Aug 10, 2019. Captured Aug 10, 2019 09:49 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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