Catocala micronympha

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Catocala micronympha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Catocala
Species: C. micronympha
Binomial name
Catocala micronympha
Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Ephesia micronympha
  • Catocala timandra
  • Catocala hero
  • Catocala atarah
  • Catocala gisela
  • Catocala fratercula
  • Catocala ouwah
  • Catocala fratercula atarah
  • Catocala fratercula gisela
  • Catocala fratercula hero
  • Catocala fratercula jaquenetta
  • Catocala fratercula ouwah
  • Catocala fratercula timandra
  • Catocala micronympha fratercula
  • Catocala fratercula var. jacquenetta
  • Catocala fratercula var. hero

The Little Nymph Underwing or Little Bride Underwing (Catocala micronympha) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from southern Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba through New Hampshire, Connecticut and New Jersey to Florida, west to Texas and then north through Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, to Wisconsin and Minnesota and then east to Michigan.

lectotype of Catocala gisela, now considered to be a synonym of Catocala micronympha

The wingspan is 35–50 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus stellata and Quercus virginiana

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