Catocala verrilliana, or Verrill's underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1875.[1][2] It is found in the US from Washington and Oregon to Colorado and south to California, Arizona and Texas, and Cimarron County in western Oklahoma.
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| Lectotype of Catocala beutenmuelleri, now considered a synonym of Catocala verrilliana | |
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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. verrilliana
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| Catocala verrilliana Grote, 1875
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The wingspan is 45–60 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus alba and Quercus garryana.
Subspecies
editCatocala verrilliana beutenmulleri, recorded from Utah, is now considered a synonym.
References
edit- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala verrilliana Grote 1875". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
- ^ Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala verrilliana Grote, 1875". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
External links
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- Oehlke, Bill. "Catocala verrilliana Grote, 1875". The Catocala Website. Archived August 21, 2010.
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