Catocala grynea

Catocala grynea
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(Cramer, 1780) Phalaena grynea

Catocala grynea, Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota,
August 9, 2009, courtesy of Tom Middagh.

Tom's recto image shows a break in the brown forewing inner margin bar between the am and pm lines, reminiscent of C. praeclara, but it lacks the subapical brown area typical of praeclara.

Catocala grynea (verso), Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota,
August 9, 2009, courtesy of Tom Middagh.

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TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Group: Noctuinina
Subfamily: Catocalinae
Genus: Catocala, Schrank, 1802

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