Catocala innubens

Betrothed underwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Catocala
Species:	C. innubens
Binomial name
	Catocala innubens; Guenée, 1852[1]
Synonyms
	Catabapta innubens; Catocala hinda French, 1881; Catocala innubenta Strand, 1914; Catocala scintillans Grote & Robinson, 1866; Catocala innubens var. flavidalis Grote, 1874; Catocala innubens flavidalis; Catocala innubens scintillans; Catocala innubens hinda;

The betrothed underwing (Catocala innubens) is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from southern Ontario and Quebec (where it is rare) south through Michigan, Connecticut, Tennessee to Florida and west to Texas and Oklahoma and north to Wisconsin.

The wingspan is 55–72 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September depending on the location. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Gleditsia triacanthos.

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