Catocala flebilis
Species of moth
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Catocala flebilis, the mourning underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1872.[1] It is found in North America from Massachusetts and Connecticut south to North Carolina and Georgia, west to Arkansas and north to Michigan and Illinois and into southern Ontario.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Catocala |
| Species: | C. flebilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Catocala flebilis Grote, 1872 | |
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The wingspan is 45–65 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Carya glabra and Carya ovata.
