Catocala louiseae
| Catocala louiseae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Catocala |
| Species: | C. louiseae |
| Binomial name | |
| Catocala louiseae Bauer, 1965[1] | |
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Louise's Underwing (Catocala louiseae) is a moth of the Erebidae 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.[2]
Distribution
It is found from North Carolina south to Florida and west through Arkansas to Texas.
Description
The wingspan is about 40 mm.
Life cycle
Adults are on wing in May. There is probably one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Vaccinium arboreum and probably other blueberries.
Taxonomy
Catocala louiseae is given precedence per Article 23.9.2 as a nomen protectum over its disused senior subjective synonym Catocala protonympha, which becomes a nomen oblitum.[3]
References
- ↑ taxapad.com
- ↑ Bauer, John. 1965. A new Catocala from Florida (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Entomol. News 76:197-198.
- ↑ Gall, L.F. & Hawks, D.C., 2001: Precedence of Catocala louiseae Bauer, 1965 as a nomen protectum over Catocala protonympha Boisduval, 1840 (Noctuidae). journal of the lepidopterists' Society, 55 (4): 171-174. Full article: .
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- Gall, L.F. & D.C. Hawks. 2001 [2002a]. Precedence of Catocala louiseae Bauer, 1965 as a nomen protectum over Catocala protonympha Boisduval, 1840 (Noctuidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 55:171-174.