Catocala chelidonia

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Catocala chelidonia
Catocala chelidonia chelidonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Catocala
Species: C. chelidonia
Binomial name
Catocala chelidonia
Grote, 1881

Catocala chelidonia is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Arizona and Utah to California.

Catocala chelidonia occidentalis
Catocala chelidonia uniforma

The wingspan is 45-50 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Quercus species.

Subspecies

  • Catocala chelidonia chelidonia Grote, 1881 (from southern Nevada and south-central Utah southward and eastward through Arizona to New Mexico)
  • Catocala chelidonia occidentalis Hawks, 2010 (along the western desert edge in southern California and northward to at least Trinity County)
  • Catocala chelidonia uniforma Hawks, 2010 (mountains of south-eastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico)

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