| Catocala dejecta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Catocala |
| Species: | C. dejecta |
| Binomial name | |
| Catocala dejecta Strecker, 1880 |
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The Dejected Underwing (Catocala dejecta) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. 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.