Dejected Underwing
Catocala dejecta Strecker, 1880
Dejected Underwing: https://marylandbiodiversity.org/species/24050
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Hodges #8790 
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Catocala dejecta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catocala
Species:
C. dejecta
Binomial name
Catocala dejecta
Synonyms
  • Catabapta dejecta

Catocala dejecta, the dejected underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Massachusetts and Connecticut south through New Jersey to Florida, west to Texas and Oklahoma and north to southern Ontario.

The wingspan is 56–73 mm. Adults are on wing from June to October depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Carya glabra, Carya ovata and Quercus species.

References

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  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala dejecta Strecker 1880". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
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