| Yellow-banded Underwing | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Catocalini |
| Genus: | Catocala |
| Species: | C. cerogama |
| Binomial name | |
| Catocala cerogama Guenée (1852) |
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The Yellow-banded Underwing (Catocala cerogama) is a species of Catocalini that occurs in North America.
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The wingspan is 64 to 81 mm. They have even, deep yellow bands on their hindwings, the forewings are usually brownish-gray. Look for a pale band that connects the whitish subreniform a spot to the costa.
As far north as Nova Scotia south to North Carolina, west to Manitoba, South Dakota, and Missouri.
The adults fly between July and October.