Little Yellow-Orange Underwings: Wingspans: 35-45mm
| **8878 Catocala alabamae;
Alabama Underwing; 30-40mm;
Uniform greenish-grey fw may have thin but dark (contrasting) lines or they may be nearly absent
(titania); alabamae often with dash in median/anal angle area, missing or nearly absent in titania.
Brown shading between pm line/subterminal line. Hw inner black band thin, outer
band thick, truncated before being followed by large black dot. Early flight season.
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| **8878 Catocala amica;
Girlfriend; wingspan: 35-40mm:
The black postmedian band is absent from the dorsal (upper)
surface of the hindwing, but it is present on the ventral surface.
Moths come in to lights and to bait.
Catocala amica lineella is sometimes treated as a subspecies;
sometimes as a distinct species.
John Himmelman image. |
| ** 8878.1 lineella;
Little Lined Underwing; wingspan: 35-40mm.
This species is without hw marginal black band. Fw subreniform spot is pale and boldy
outlined with black. There is similar light brownish-gray patch in
upper half of median area near pm line, and just between
subreniform spot and am line there is similarly
coloured light patch paralleling am lne.
The reniform spot is dark, less distinct and in a generally darker
area.
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| ** 8874 Catocala minuta unconfirmed;
Little Underwing, 35-45mm.
Fw grey-brown with greatly widened
(near costa only), white, st line.
Hw outer black band unbroken, inner band
forms complete loop, considerable brown scaling along
im. Several forms:
"eureka" Schwarz: blackish area between am & pm lines;
"hiseri" Cassino: dull grey fw with very faint markings;
"mellitula" Hulst: blackish patch in basal area from costa to
im;
"obliterata" Schwarz: melanic form, almost completely
black fw;
"parvula" W. H. Edwards: broad dark patch along fw im.
Steve Walter image.
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| ** 8873 similis;
Similar Underwing, wingspan: 35-45mm.
Pale triangular patch from pm line along costa,
pointed at apex, light-coloured, tear-shaped reniform
spot. Subreniform
spot also projects considerably beyond
reniform anteriorally at right angle to line of subreniform.
Many specimens also have small, light coloured, flattened oval spot
about halfway between pm and am lines at about midpoint of
reniform spot. Pm line is almost straight for most of
length.
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| ** 8846 sordida;
Sordid Underwing, wingspan: 37-45mm:
Fw is lighter along costa and darker along inner
margin. Dark medial lines are especially evident through lighter
shades near costa. Outer black band of the hindwing is broken
near the anal angle.
I made the determination on the moth to the left based on
dark scaling along the inner margin limited to median area
and submarginal "teeth" relatively
short and blunt. Tim Dyson image.
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| dulciola;
Quiet/Sweet Underwing, wingspan: 40-45mm;
A double, black, almost smooth antemedial line (inner line broken only near the costa)
with other lines obscure distinguishes dulciola.
There is also a dark basal dash on an otherwise plain, light grey
forewing.
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Little Yellow-Orange Underwings: Wingspans: 35-56mm
These tend to be slightly larger on average than preceding group.
| ** 8876 Catocala micronympha,
the Little Nymph Underwing, (wingspan: 35-50mm). John Himmelman image.
The usual specimens have grey forewings shaded with green, brown,
black and white tints. There is usually a darkened band passing from
the costa through the reniform spot to the outer margin.
There is high variability with this species.
Full size Joe Garris photo of C. micronympha form hero.
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| ** 8876 Catocala micronympha
form gisela,
the Little Nymph Underwing, (wingspan: 35-50mm).
The usual specimens have grey forewings shaded with green, brown,
black and white tints. There is usually a darkened band passing from
the costa through the reniform spot to the outer margin.
Form "gisela" Meyer has a forewing that is mostly black.
Leroy Simon image.
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| ** 8876 Catocala micronympha
form hero,
the Little Nymph Underwing, (wingspan: 35-50mm).
The usual specimens have grey forewings shaded with green, brown,
black and white tints. There is usually a darkened band passing from
the costa through the reniform spot to the outer margin.
Form "hero" H. Edwards has a median area that is mostly white.
Joe Garris image.
|
| ** 8876 Catocala micronympha
form lolita,
the Little Nymph Underwing, (wingspan: 35-50mm).
Form "lolita" Sargent has very dark forewings.
Harold J. Vermes image, used with permission from his son.
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| ** 8876 Catocala micronympha
form sargenti,
the Little Nymph Underwing, (wingspan: 35-50mm).
The usual specimens have grey forewings shaded with green, brown,
black and white tints. There is usually a darkened band passing from
the costa through the reniform spot to the outer margin.
Form "sargenti" Covell (very rare) has a hindwing that is all black.
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| ** 8877 connubialis,
Connubial Underwing, (wingspan: 35-50mm).
Fw highly variable; several different
forms: "sancta" Hulst; typical form, forewings with
white ground colour and sharply contrasting black lines and markings.
Brown shading between post medial and subterminal
lines; "cordelia" H. Edwards, coloured as above but markings are
faint; "pulverulenta" Brower has grey-green forewings with faint
markings, sometimes none;
"broweri" Muller: melanic form with forewings that are dark
green, almost black.
Hw has a separate anal spot and the outer band ends with a
straight cut.
Leroy Simon image.
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| Catocala pretiosa
Precious Underwing; 40-50mm;
This species is quite similar to crataegi and mira, but pretiosa has considerable creamy white colouration in the median area. The lower
portion of the basal area is also light, not dark as in crataegi.
The inner black band of the hindwing forms a loop and the outer band is broken (not complete as in mira, followed by a dot that tapers to the anal angle.
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| ** 8772 clintoni unconfirmed;
Clinton's Underwing, wingspan 45-55mm.
The black basal dash distinguishes clintoni from illecta and
abbreviatella, both of which lack the dash.
Vernon Brou image.
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| ** 8847
gracilis,
Graceful Underwing, (wingspan: 40-45mm):
Gracilis closely resembles sordida but the hindwing loop is not
complete in gracilis as it is in sordida. Gracilis also tends to have
a darker inner margin and there is frequently (99% of the time,
Dale Schweitzer, via Joe Garris),
but not always, a basal dash. Sordida never has the basal dash.
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| ** 8864 Catocala grynea ; Woody Underwing, wingspan: 40-50mm
The forewing is a dull greenish grey with orangey-brown shading along
the inner margin. The antemedial, median and postmedial lines are
quite faint.
Praeclara is somewhat similar but has a break in the brown shading
between the am and pm lines. Praeclara also has a paler orange
hindwing color.
Tim Dyson image. |
| ** 8865
praeclara; Praeclara Underwing, (40-50mm);
The forewing is a pale greenish-grey with considerable contrasting
brown shading beyond post medial line.
There is a black basal dash very close to the inner margin and
another dash, higher up in the median area.
Note the contrasting shapes of the reniform and subreniform spots.
Tim Dyson image. |
| ** 8867 Catocala blandula;
Charming Underwing, wingspan: 40-50mm. unconfirmed
Pale basal area of fw distinguishes mira from
blandula (dark brown) and crataegi (black).
Fw has dark contrasting lines as in crataegi.
There is also considerable brown in subterminal area
and subreniform spot is very conspicuous and usually brown. A
light area runs obliquely from the costa to the subreniform spot.
hw is deep orange and has a complete inner black band.
The outer black band is unbroken.
Lynn Scott image. |
| Catocala mira;
Wonderful Underwing, wingspan: 40-50mm:
Pale basal area of fw distinguishes mira from
blandula (dark brown) and crataegi (black).
Fw lacks dark contrasting lines of crataegi and
blandula. There is also considerable brown in subterminal area
and subreniform spot is very conspicuous and usually brown. A
light area runs obliquely from costa to subreniform spot.
There is also a noticeable space along inner margin between
am and pm lines. Hw is deep orange and has a complete inner
black band.
Outer black band is unbroken.
Tim Dyson image. |
| ** 8775 antinympha;
Sweetfern Underwing, wingspan 45-55mm unconfirmed:
The very dark grey, almost black, forewing ground colour
distinguishes antinympha. There is some brown shading in the
subreniform spot and also just outside the postmedial line.
The hindwing is amber to pale orange.
There is also the form multoconspicua Reiff, 1919 with a pale,
almost white subreniform spot.
Tim Dyson image.
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|
Midsized Orange-Salmon-Red-Scarlet Underwings: Wingspans: 50-72mm
| ** 8857 Catocala ultronia;
Ultronia Underwing, wingspan: 50-63mm.
Fws typically gray-brown, with a distinct and very
dark inner margin and characteristic light brown patch, underscored
by very dark arc, near wingtip.
Underwings can be yellow to orange to salmon.
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| ** 8857 Catocala ultronia form lucinda;
Ultronia Underwing, wingspan: 50-63mm.
In form lucinda most of the forewing
is bright grey. On all forms there is
extensive orange-salmon colouration on hw ventral surface,
and there is a dark discal lunule.
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| Catocala ultronia,
form nigrescens, the Ultronia Underwing, wingspan: 50-63mm.
In the melanic form nigrescens, the dorsal forewing is very dark.
Even darker subapical arc, basal dash and dash near anal angle are still visible.
Dark basal hairs on hindwing.
Harold J. Vermes slide, used with permission from his son.
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|
In form celia there is a wide, light grey band separating a dark region along inner margin and
a dark patch near the apex.
The ventral surface of forewings of all forms has a generous suffusion
of orange-salmon scales in the lower half of the median area.
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** 8779 serena
Serene Underwing unconfirmed
The head and collar and abdomen are brown while the thorax is grey.
The am and pm lines are thin but very dark and distinct on an
otherwise drab, almost uniformly olive-grey forewing.
The black marginal band of the lower wings is indented at the center,
and the relatively narrow, deep yellow median band parallels this
indentation. Basal hairs are brown.
Catocala serena courtesy of
Carroll Rudy, July 28, Calumet County.
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| #8778 Catocala habilis;
wingspan: 55-65mm: Note large thoracis "M" and
"pork chop" shaped, light subreniform spot becoming very
dark in constriction at juncture with narrow, dark, distinct pm line. Pm
line is outwardly lined with
narrow suffusion of white scales, followed by broader brown scaled band,
then another broader suffusion of white scales up to
very regular dentation of subterminal line. There is always
significant "bleeding" of yellow-orange to salmon scales into
hw fringes.
Large reniform spot has brown center, faintly edged with black, then
white, then black again.
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| #8817 briseis unconfirmed ;
Briseis Underwing;
wingspan: 60-70mm:
Fws are predominantly mottled dark-grey-brown with some lighter areas 1) between postmedial and subterminal lines, 2) at very base of
antemedial and postmedial lines along inner margin, and 3) over subreniform spot running diagonally toward costa.
Pm lines do not have greatly elongated and sharly pointed "teeth" near apex.
Hw fringe is white and unbroken and inner black band (fairly even) reaches inner margin.
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| #8795 Catocala palaeogama
; wingspan: 60-70mm
Subreniform spot is closed, does not approach pm line, and
is smaller than in C. habilis.
All forms have characteristic orange, heavily barred fringe to
the apex, and irregular bands on hindwings. The hw basal median
area is heavily suffused with dark brown to black scales.
There is a dark bar in outer half of median area,
paralleling the inner margin halfway between
inner margin and light, closed subreniform spot.
Joe Garris photo.
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| #8795 Catocala palaeogama
form phalanga; wingspan: 60-70mm.
In this form, the forewing basal area and subterminal
area are very dark against a much lighter background.
The dark bar in the outer half of the
median area, paralleling the inner margin halfway between
the inner margin and the light, closed subreniform spot is especially
evident. Joe Garris image.
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| ** 8770
Catocala innubens;
Betrothed; 55-72mm.
Forewing is mottled with white, grey and brown, and
subrenifrom spot tends to be lighter in colour, although it is
sometimes obscured by an indistinct blackish bar which runs from
middle of basal/thorax connection to just below much lighter
apex at outer margin.
Jim Vargo image. |
| ** 8770
Catocala innubens form scintillans;
Betrothed; 55-72mm.
In form scintillans most of the basal area (all but lower third) and all of the median area of the forewing is dark reddish brown.
The area outside the pm line is grey.
Vernon A Brou image. |
| ** 8851
Catocala coccinata;
Scarlet; wingspan: 57-70mm:
There are usually diffuse basal and anal dashes on an otherwise light
grey, mottled fw. Hw fringe is white (often with some salmon scaling) and is
heavily checked.
I find "tooth" just below pair of very elongated "teeth" is
much reduced and is quite rounded, usually allowing considerable room
for lighter patch of scales. Dark bar crosses thorax.
Reniform spot tends be to light, often with greenish cast.
Joe Garris image.
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|
Solid Black Underwings: Smallest to Largest, Similar Species Paired
|
miranda,
Miranda Underwing; 37-45mm; unconfirmed;
Fw: plain pale grey with very light and fine black lines, darker and wider near costa. Hw
black with white fringe at the apex, turning to grey along the outer margin.
Miranda is smaller than look-alike orba and miranda also has a dark bar just above the inner margin in
the median area, projecting toward the anal angle.
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|
Catocala andromedae,
Gloomy Underwing, (wingspan: 40-50mm).
Black underwings and dark grey fringe of hws,
coupled with dark inner margin of forewings help to identify
this species. There is also a very dark "flying saucer" shape, adjoining
subreniform spot to midpoint of am line.
The "teeth" of pm line short and blunt,
outwardly edged with white. Subterminal line is also outwardly
edged with white.
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| ** 8781
judith,
Judith's Underwing, (wingspan: 45-55mm),
is one of the smaller "black" underwings. Fw: uniform
light grey with thin and only slightly darkened antemedial, median
and postmedial lines. There are no darkened dashes (slight anal dash)
or transverse lines. The reniform area is slightly darkened while the
area just before the subterminal line is a bit lighter. Note absence of
hw white fringe.
Joe Garris photo.
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| ** 8782 Catocala flebilis;
Mournful, wingspan: 54-65mm.
Diffuse black band runs from basal area to
outer margin just below apex, interrupted by pale grey
subreniform spot. Reniform spot filled with brown;
additional brown outside pm line. No anal dash
as there is in angusi. Hws have white fringe. J. K. Adams
image.
|
| ** 8773
Catocala epione , yes;
Epione Underwing, wingspan: 55-65mm
The pm line is squared and has a brown band and then a light band
just outside the line. The hindwing is black with pure white fringe
with no barring.
John Himmelman image.
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| Catocala residua,
Residua Underwing, yes, (wingspan: 58-73mm),
Distinguished from C. obscura by grey hindwing
fringe of residua.
C. obscura has white to off-white fringe, tends to be
less common in northern portions of its range. Fw
subterminal line/area of C. residua tends to be pale as
is its open, elongated subreniform spot.
Devoid of significant markings
except for hint of dark bar running from basal area
through reniform spot to om just below apex.
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|
Catocala dejecta;
Dejected; wingspan 56-73mm. Pale grey patch
from reniform and subreniform juncture to costal margin is
diagnostic. Note open, light "pork chop" shape of subreniform spot.
Two "teeth" in pml above subreniform spot are relatively
short and blunt. Upper portion of aml thick and black;
lower half has light rounded lobes outlined in black.
Hw fringe is white with black wing veins extending
like "teeth".
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|
Catocala retecta;
wingspan: 60-75mm
Note light coloured, elongated, open subreniform spot
which interrupts dark, diffuse ark running through center of
wing from basal area (body-wing juncture) to forewing
apex. Center of reniform spot is brown and there is brown
area just below costa, running to inner margin just outside pm
line. The off-white hindwing fringe is only lightly checked along the
wing veins.
Joe Garris image.
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| ** 8784
obscura unconfirmed;
Obscure Underwing, (wingspan: 60-72mm),
Dull, grey fws, usually void of significant dashes or
streaks. Am, median
and pm lines faint; subterminal line
region slightly paler than rest of fw.
Hw fringe off-white, lightly checked on veins.
Joe Garris photo.
|
| ** 8794
Catocala lacrymosa;
Tearful Underwing, wingspan: 60-82mm.
The forewing is highly variable with a mixture of black, brown
(wing tips and outside postmedial line) and dark grey scaling.
There are usually whitish crescents, along the inner margin at the
base of the antemedial and postmedial lines.
The hindwings are black with white checkered fringe, turning black
near the anal angle.
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| ** 8791
Catocala insolabilis unconfirmed;
Inconsolable, wingspan: 65-75mm.
Fw light grey with blackish shading along inner
margin. Antemedial and postmedial lines thin.
Hw fringe is very narrow and grey, becoming whiter toward
the apex.
The ventral surface clearly distinguishes insolabis, being almost
completely black except for some white in the basal area.
Vernon A. Brou image.
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| ** 8780
Catocala robinsoni;
70-80mm;
Fws relatively plain pale grey.
Female has basal dash, absent in male.
Currata French, 1882, is female form, having weak basal dash.
Rare form missouriensis Schwarz, 1915, has dark, broad bar
extending from basal area to om just below
apex. Lighter grey rnfm and subrnfm spots break bar
in missouriensis, found from PA to FL.
White fringe on hindwings; prominent bands on ventral surface.
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| ** 8792
Catocala vidua;
Widow; wingspan: 70-80mm.
Fw ground colour light grey.
Distinguished dark arc running through top of reniform spot
to just below apex. Heavy, dark anal and basal
dashes, connecting to dark median bar, running parallel to inner margin.
The am line is thick and black in its upper half.
Reniform spot consists of two almost
concentric irregular ovals.
Subreniform spot light, open, but constricted as it
meets pm line.
Hw is black with broad, white fringe, only lightly
interrupted.
Marie Winn image. |
| ** 8793
Catocala maestosa SM,
Sad Underwing, wingspan: 78-98mm.
Maesotsa is quite similar to, although usually larger than, vidua.
Both have the dark arc from the costa, above the reniform spot, to
the outer margin just below the apex. Maesotsa, however, lacks the
dark bar, found on vidua, parallel to the inner margin.
The reniform spot is brown and there is brown shading just outside
the postmedial line.
The hindwing fringe is white, narrow and heavily barred.
|
|
Large Black Underwings (Banded): Wingspans: 70-80mm
| ** 8803 Catocala relicta
;
Forsaken, White, Relict; 70-80mm:
Considerable variation with regard to black/white
concentrations on fws.
Typical specimens have basal and subterminal areas with
blackish scales.
Black hws, with brilliant even white inner band and
white fringe, are distinctive. June until October.
|
| ** 8803 Catocala relicta
;
Forsaken, White, Relict; 70-80mm:
Considerable variation with regard to black/white
concentrations on fws.
Form clara: basal and subterminal
areas predominantly white.
Typical specimens have basal and subterminal areas with
blackish scales. Black hws, with brilliant even white inner band and
white fringe, are distinctive. June until October.
|
| ** 8803 Catocala relicta
;
Forsaken, White, Relict; 70-80mm:
Considerable variation with regard to black/white
concentrations on fws.
Form phrynia:
evenly dusted with grey over entire forewing.
Typical specimens have basal and subterminal areas with
blackish scales. Black hws, with brilliant even white inner band and
white fringe, are distinctive. June until October, poplars and willows
|
| ** 8802
Catocala cerogama;
Yellow-Banded; 70-80mm.
Several different forms. Pm line distinct, dark
and has elongate pair of projections. Pm and am lines meet inner
margin in relative proximity. Closed subreniform spot
lighter than surrounding areas, shaped a bit like an
arrowhead with point toward body. Hws are
distinctive. Jean-Benoît Duval image. |
|
Form ruperti: Forewings are almost uniform grey-brown with white scales outlining subterminal line.
The hindwings are
distinctive. Tim Dyson image. |
|
Form bunkeri: Forewings are dark in median and basal areas.
Hw golden band is reduced in thickness. Basal hairs are brown instead of yellow.
The hindwings are
distinctive. Tim Dyson image. |
Large Orange-Salmon Underwings: Wingspans: 65mm, usually 70-95mm
| ** 8801
Catocala ilia; Ilia;
wingspan: 65-82mm
Catocala ilia specimens come in several different forms, but
most of them have the characteristic white area in and around
the reniform spot. There is also a diffuse dark arc running from this
spot to just below the outer apex.
Except in worn specimens and the darkest forms,
the white dots near the outer margin of the forewing are in character
with the overall "contrasting" appearance of this moth.
|
| ** 8801
Catocala ilia; Ilia;
form conspicua.
In this form the entire reniform spot is heavily suffused with white scaling on
an otherwise darker ground colour. Hence the form name "conspicua".
Tim Dyson image.
|
| ** 8801
Catocala ilia; Ilia;
form satanas.
In this melanic form the entire forewing, including the reniform spot is very dark. Hence the form name "satanas".
The dark basal streak is still evident on this form.
Tim Dyson image.
|
| ** 8801
Catocala ilia; Ilia;
form normani.
In this semi-melanic form the entire forewing, excluding the reniform spot, is relatively dark.
The brownish, kidney-shaped center of the reniform spot is outlined in white.
Tim Dyson image.
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| ** 8857.1
Catocala umbrosa;
mm;
Double brown am line, inward line fainter, filled with off white; reniform spot brown
center outlined in black , off white and black again; subreniform, large, pale brown, closed.
Pm line wit htwo elongated upper teeth, next tooth reduced, next two progressively longer, rounded,
final lobe rounded and shorter. HW with dark scaling/hairs in basal median area along im
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|
Catocala muliercula; Little Wife Underwing;
Dark, distinct upper half am line runs obliquely toward anal angle, turns in two lobes to im;
basal area dark brown; inner brown kidney shaped reniform spot, oulined in black then light then black again; open, lighter subreniform spot
with light area from it to costa; median area greyish-blue-brown; subterminal area brown; terminal area greyish-blue-brown; lighter patch at apex.
Hw dark bands thick, much dark scaling in basal area covering two thirds of region, joining inner black band to im.
|
| ** 8771 Catocala piatrix ;
Penitent, wingspan: 68-84mm.
Fw: light-colored band/bar extending from light coloured, triangular
subreniform spot along the am line to the costa. Brown, kidney-shaped reniform spot surrounded in pale grey, outlined in black,
usually with distinct black along wing veins in a dark area outside the reniform spot.
Hw: fringe lightly barred;s lighter in color
than deeper orange on rest of wing.
|
| ** 8805 unijuga unconfirmed;
Once-married; wingspan: 70-90mm.
Fairly wide black inner band (almost reaching inner margin) in
hindwing and very distinctive patterning in fw. Meskei tend to
have a narrower band and a dustier (less distinct) looking forewing.
Semirelicta tend to have inner bands that terminate well before
inner margins.
Also note the very white fringe on both the forewings and hindwings.
Carroll Rudy image.
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| ** 8806 Catocala parta;
Mother Underwing, 70-85mm.
The black dashes in the basal, subapical and anal areas help to
identify this species. The hindwings may be yellow to
yellowish-orange but more often are salmon-red. Note the
face-head-like markings on the thorax.
In the hindwing, the first (nearest the apex) black protrusion into
the white fringe is "noticeably" larger than the others.
|
| ** 8798 Catocala neogama;
70-85mm.
Note brown head & thorax & larger size compared to
C. palaeogama. Slightly smaller
than subnata, darker grey brown fws with more
pronounced markings. Examination of hind tibia sometimes needed
for identification. Neogama tibia tend to be flattened and
unevenly and sparsely spined while subnata tibia are cylindrical
with spines dense and uniform in distribution.
Joe Garris photo.
|
| ** 8797 Catocala subnata;
Youthful Underwing, 75-90mm.
Fws greyish white with blue-grey and light brown scales.
Catocala subnata usually have hws brighter
yellow than neogama. Neogama usually
have basal dash; absent in male subnata, but present in females.
Magnification of hind tibia helps to distinguish the two species:
subnata: cylindrical;
neogama: compressed or flattened.
subnata: ventral surface of tibia densely covered with evenly
distributed spines;
neogama: ventral surface of tibia sparsely covered with sporadic
spines.
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| ** 8796 Catocala nebulosa;
Clouded; wingspan 75-86mm:
Prominent dark brown upper-half-basal patch that extends
to and ends at am line. Apical area also tends to be
brown, much darker than median area but not as dark as basal patch.
The anal angle also has the darker brown scaling.
The pm line is distinct near costa and inner margin, but becomes
weak between the two. It meets inner margin in relative close
proximity to am line.
Closed subreniform spot is large and connects to the
pm line via a thin line.
|
Catocala nebulosa, Abingdon, Harford County September 12, 2009,
photographed at uv light in power line cut, courtesy of Kevin Harkins.
| ** 8804 C. marmorata;
Marbled; wingspan 85-95mm
Dark fw arc runs from costa down through reniform spot to outer margin just below apex.
The subrenifrom spot is light, is bordered inwardly above by a white patch, and is
connected to the pm line by a line rather than being open.
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|
Medium-Large Pink Underwings: Wingspans: 70-95mm
| ** 8833 concumbens
Sleepy Underwing or
Pink Underwing (wingspan: 60-75mm).
This brown thoracic collar is quite evident in this image as is the
interruption in the pm line by the open subreniform spot.
The white hindwing fringe is only lightly checked
on the wing veins. The vibrant pink bans are
distinct in colour and also in their relatively smooth contour.
|
| ** 8832 Catocala cara;
Darling; wingspan 70-85mm.
Deep maroon almost purple cast to fws, mixed with
very pale green. Lower half of am and pm lines barely
visible. No distinctive bars or dashes. Two upper
"teeth" on pm line thin and long.
Hw bands pink. Heavy black checking on
off-white hw fringe. Relatively thick black hw median band almost reaches im which is usually heavily
adorned with dark hairs.
Tim Dyson image.
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| ** Catocala carissima;
wingspan 70-85mm. Distinct light grey brown area at fw apex, preceded just inside pm line by slightly darker patch.
Am and pm lines sharp and dark.
Hw inner black band wide, complete, merges with extensive grey-black scaling along im. Hw fringe cream coloured.
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** 8834 amatrix
Sweetheart Underwing; (wingspan 75-95mm).
Very skittish, frequently hides in caves, under
bridges, under tree bark, etc. by day, resting with head down.
Hw patterning and colouration similar to that of
C. concumbens, but large size (wingspan 75-95mm)
and dark bar running from basal area to just below apex
distinguishes C. amatrix. See large
Catocala amatrix courtesy of
Joan F. Rickert.
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** 8834 amatrix form selecta
Sweetheart Underwing; (wingspan 75-95mm)
Very skittish and frequently hides in caves, under
bridges, under tree bark, etc. by day, resting with head down.
Several forms, including selecta (to the left)
which lacks dark bar on forewing. Hesseli: melanic form;
pallida: very pale form.
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** 8834 amatrix form hesseli
Sweetheart Underwing; (wingspan 75-95mm)
Very skittish and frequently hides in caves, under
bridges, under tree bark, etc. by day, resting with head down.
The melanic form hesseli is very dark and displays dark basal hairs in the hindwing.
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