Catocala grynea, the woody underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1780.[1][2] It is found in North America from Ontario and Quebec through Maine and Connecticut, south to Florida, west to Texas and north through Iowa to Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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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. grynea
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| Catocala grynea Cramer, 1780
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The wingspan is 40–50 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.
References
edit- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala grynea (Cramer 1780)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
- ^ Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala grynea (Cramer, [1780])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
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