Catocala dejecta, the dejected underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Massachusetts and Connecticut south through New Jersey to Florida, west to Texas and Oklahoma and north to southern Ontario.
Catocala dejecta | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Catocala |
Species: | C. dejecta |
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Catocala dejecta Strecker, 1880[1] | |
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The wingspan is 56–73 mm. Adults are on wing from June to October depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Carya glabra, Carya ovata and Quercus species.
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