Catocala louiseae

Catocala louiseae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species: C. louiseae
Binomial name
Catocala louiseae
Bauer, 1965[1]
Synonyms
  • Catocala protonympha Boisduval, 1840
  • Catocala nebraskae louiseae
  • Catocala nebraskae var. somnus Dodge, 1881

Louise's Underwing (Catocala louiseae) is a moth of the Erebidae family. The epithet, louiseae, is in honor of "the late Louise (Mrs. E.P.) Mellon" who funded the Carnegie Museum of Natural History expedition on which the type specimen was collected.[2]

Distribution

It is found from North Carolina south to Florida and west through Arkansas to Texas.

Description

The wingspan is about 40 mm.

Life cycle

Adults are on wing in May. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium arboreum and probably other blueberries.

Taxonomy

Catocala louiseae is given precedence per Article 23.9.2 as a nomen protectum over its disused senior subjective synonym Catocala protonympha, which becomes a nomen oblitum.[3]

References

  1. ↑ taxapad.com
  2. ↑ Bauer, John. 1965. A new Catocala from Florida (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Entomol. News 76:197-198.
  3. ↑ Gall, L.F. & Hawks, D.C., 2001: Precedence of Catocala louiseae Bauer, 1965 as a nomen protectum over Catocala protonympha Boisduval, 1840 (Noctuidae). journal of the lepidopterists' Society, 55 (4): 171-174. Full article: .
  • Gall, L.F. & D.C. Hawks. 2001 [2002a]. Precedence of Catocala louiseae Bauer, 1965 as a nomen protectum over Catocala protonympha Boisduval, 1840 (Noctuidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 55:171-174.


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