| Catocala louiseae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Catocala |
| Species: | C. louiseae |
| Binomial name | |
| Catocala louiseae Bauer, 1965 |
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Louise's Underwing (Catocala louiseae) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. The epithet, louiseae, is in honor of "the late Louise (Mrs. E.P.) Mellon" who funded the Carnegie Museum of Natural History expedition on which the type specimen was collected.[1]
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It is found from North Carolina south to Florida and west through Arkansas to Texas.
The wingspan is about 40 mm.
Adults are on wing in May. There is probably one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Vaccinium arboreum and probably other blueberries.