Catocala junctura

Catocala junctura

Catocala junctura junctura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Catocala
Species:	C. junctura
Binomial name
*Catocala junctura* Walker, 1858
Synonyms
Catocala walshii Catocala julietta Catocala roseata Catocala sara Catocala arizonensis Catocala huachuca Catocala portia Catocala juncturana Catocala juncturella Catocala juncturelloides Catocala elsa Beutenmüller, 1918 Catocala margherita Beutenmüller, 1918 Catocala arizonae Grote, 1873 Catocala aspasia Strecker, 1874 Catocala augusta H. Edwards, 1875 Catocala stretchii Behr, 1870

The Joined Underwing, or Stretch's Underwing (Catocala junctura) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from New York and Pennsylvania west to south-eastern British Columbia, Montana, Colorado and Arizona, north to extreme southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. Also recorded from California and Arizona.

The wingspan is 72-85 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Populus fremontii and Salix species.

Subspecies

Catocala junctura augusta. Now considered a synonym.