Catocala robinsonii

Robinson's underwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species: C. robinsonii
Binomial name
Catocala robinsonii
Grote, 1872[1]
Synonyms
  • Catabapta robinsoni
  • Catocala curvata French, 1881
  • Catocala missouriensis Schwarz, 1915
  • Catocala robinsonii curvata

Robinson's underwing (Catocala robinsonii) is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from southern Ontario and New Hampshire south to Florida west to Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas and northward to Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan (where it is rare).

The wingspan is 70–80 mm. Adults are on wing from July to October depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Carya ovata, Juglans and Quercus alba.

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