Catocala agrippina

Agrippina underwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species: C. agrippina
Binomial name
Catocala agrippina
Synonyms
  • Catabapta agrippina
  • Catocala subviridis Harvey, 1877
  • Catocala barnesi French, 1900
  • Catocala barnesii

Catocala agrippina, the agrippina underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from southern New Jersey south to Florida, west to Texas and eastern Oklahoma and north to southern Indiana.

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The wingspan is 75–85 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Carya cordiformis.

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