Catocala lacrymosa

Catocala lacrymosa

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Catocala
Species:	C. lacrymosa
Binomial name
*Catocala lacrymosa* Guenée, 1852^[1]
Synonyms
Catabapta lacrymosa Catocala evelina French, 1881 Catocala emilia H. Edwards, 1881 Catocala zelica French, 1881 Catocala paulina H. Edwards, 1880 Catocala albomarginata Cassino, 1917

Catocala lacrymosa, the tearful underwing, is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from Massachusetts and Connecticut south to Florida, west to Texas and eastern Oklahoma and north to Illinois and Michigan and into southern Ontario.

The wingspan is 60–82 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September depending on the location. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Carya species.

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