Catocala micronympha
Little Nymph Underwing | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Catocala |
Species: | C. micronympha |
Binomial name | |
Catocala micronympha Guenée, 1852[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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The Little Nymph Underwing or Little Bride Underwing (Catocala micronympha) is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from southern Ontario, Quebec, and Manitoba through New Hampshire, Connecticut, and New Jersey to Florida, west to Texas and then north through Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, to Wisconsin and Minnesota and then east to Michigan.
Lectotype of Catocala gisela, now considered to be a synonym of Catocala micronympha
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The wingspan is 35–50 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus stellata, and Quercus virginiana
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