Oldwife Underwing

Catocala palaeogama

The Old Wife Underwing is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from Ontario and Quebec, through Maine, New Jersey, Tennessee, to South Carolina, west to Arkansas and Oklahoma and north through Iowa, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan.
Oldwife Underwing - Catocala palaeogama Habitat: Attracted to a 395 nm LED light in a semi-rural area 2023(26) https://www.jungledragon.com/image/152762/oldwife_underwing_-_catocala_palaeogama.html Catocala palaeogama,Geotagged,Oldwife Underwing,Summer,United States

Appearance

The wingspan is 60–70 mm. Adults are on wing from June to October depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.
Oldwife Underwing (Catocala palaeogama) Abraham Lincoln Park,Catocala palaeogama,Geotagged,New York,Rochester,Summer,United States

Naming

Some authors consider "Catocala palaeogama" to be a synonym of "Catocala neogama".
Oldwife Underwing - Catocala palaeogama Habitat: Attracted to a 395 nm LED light in a semi-rural area 2023(26) https://www.jungledragon.com/image/152761/oldwife_underwing_-_catocala_palaeogama.html Catocala palaeogama,Geotagged,Oldwife Underwing,Summer,United States

Food

The larvae feed on "Carya alba", "Carya glabra", "Carya illinoinensis", "Carya laciniosa", "Carya ovalis", "Carya ovata", "Castanea dentata", "Juglans nigra" and "Malus pumila".

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