Catocala innubens

Betrothed underwing
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Catocala
Species:	C. innubens
Binomial name
	Catocala innubens; Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
	Catabapta innubens; Catocala hinda French, 1881; Catocala innubenta Strand, 1914; Catocala scintillans Grote & Robinson, 1866; Catocala innubens var. flavidalis Grote, 1874; Catocala innubens flavidalis; Catocala innubens scintillans; Catocala innubens hinda;

Catocala innubens, the betrothed underwing, is a mammoth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.^[1]^[2] It is found in North America from southern Ontario and Quebec (where it is rare) south through Michigan, Connecticut, Tennessee to Florida and west to Texas and Oklahoma and north to Wisconsin.

The wingspan is 55–72 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September depending on the location. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Gleditsia triacanthos.

References[edit]

^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala innubens Guenee 1852". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
^ Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala innubens Guenée, 1852". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 21, 2019.

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