Catocala flebilis

Catocala flebilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Catocala
Species: C. flebilis
Binomial name
Catocala flebilis
Grote, 1872
Synonyms
  • Catabapta flebilis
  • Catocala dejecta carolina

The Mournful Underwing (Catocala flebilis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Massachusetts and Connecticut south to North Carolina and Georgia, west to Arkansas and north to Michigan and Illinois and into southern Ontario.

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.

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