Yellow-gray underwing

Catocala retecta

''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.
Yellow-Fringed Underwing (Catocala luctuosa) At a 365+395nm UV light setup at a mixed forest edge. Catocala retecta,Geotagged,Summer,United States,Yellow-gray underwing

Appearance

The wingspan is 60–75 mm. The moths flies from July to October depending on the location.

Naming

*''Catocala retecta retecta''
⤷ ''Catocala retecta luctuosa'' Hulst, 1884 – yellow-fringed underwing

Food

The larvae feed on ''Juglans'' and ''Carya'' species.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyErebidae
GenusCatocala
SpeciesC. retecta
Photographed in
United States of America