Catocala caesia is a moth of the family Erebidae.[1][2][3] It is found in the mountains of south-eastern Arizona and south-western New Mexico (United States), and southward through the Sierra Madre Occidental in Chihuahua (Mexico).[1][2]

Catocala caesia

Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. caesia
Binomial name
Catocala caesia
Hawks, 2010[2]

The length of the forewings is 22.4 mm for males and 25 mm for females.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Catocala caesia". NatureServe. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Hawks, David (2010). "Review of the Catocala delilah species complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae)". ZooKeys (39): 13–35. Bibcode:2010ZooK...39...13H. doi:10.3897/zookeys.39.439.
  3. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Catocala caesia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 18 June 2024.