Catocala mira, the wonderful underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1876.[1][2] It is found in North America from Manitoba through southern Ontario and Quebec through New Hampshire and Connecticut to Florida, west to Texas and north through Iowa and Illinois.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Catocala |
| Species: | C. mira
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| Binomial name | |
| Catocala mira Grote, 1876
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Its wingspan is 40–50 mm. Adults are on wing[definition needed] from July to August. There is probably one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Crataegus.
Etomology
editThe species name mira means "wonderful" and is derived from Latin.
Description
editC. mira has grey forewings with a lighter gray diagonal band extending horizontally across each wing. The orange hindwings have two black bands with a highly irregular edge and a checkered fringe about the outermost margins.[3]
References
edit- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala mira Grote 1876". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
- ^ Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala mira Grote, 1876". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- ^ "Catocala mira". www.silkmoths.bizland.com. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
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