| Catocala lacrymosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Catocala |
| Species: | C. lacrymosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Catocala lacrymosa Guenée, 1852 |
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The Tearful Underwing (Catocala lacrymosa) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Massachusetts and Connecticut south to Florida, west to Texas and eastern Oklahoma and north to Illinois and Michigan and into southern Ontario.
The wingspan is 60-82 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September depending on the location. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Carya species.