Sweetfern Underwing
Catocala antinympha (Hübner, 1823)
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Erebinae
Identification: Forewing glossy, usually bluish black with black lines and some brown shading, especially beyond pm. line. Subreniform spot sometimes whitish. Hindwing banded yellowish orange and black; most of fringe blackish. A small underwing.
Wing Span: 4.5-5.5 cm.
Life History:
Flight: July-September.
Caterpillar Hosts: Sweetfern.
Adult Food:
Habitat: Common in acid-soil habitats along coast; rare inland.
Range: Nova Scotia and Quebec to Maryland, west to southern Ontario and Michigan.
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Comments: NULL
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Verified Sightings
Displaying 25 - 35 of 35 verified sightings
Observation date: Jul 06, 1993
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Steven Johnson)
Region: Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Mar 31, 2013
Observation date: Aug 27, 2012
Submitted by: Jody
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: Jim Edsall
Verified date: Sep 24, 2012
Observation date: Aug 28, 2011
Submitted by: aarongunnar
Region: Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Sep 01, 2011
Observation date: Aug 03, 2011
Submitted by: dhsmall
Region: Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 18, 2011
Observation date: Aug 24, 2007
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Paul Dennehy)
Region: Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Dec 31, 2010
Observation date: Aug 01, 2011
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Paul Dennehy)
Region: Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Dec 31, 2010
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: BAMONA (Tom Middagh)
Region: Pine County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: BAMONA
Verified date: Sep 06, 2010
Observation date: Jul 29, 1971
Submitted by: kgardner (Karl Gardner)
Region: Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Apr 02, 2010
Observation date: Aug 12, 2007
Submitted by: H.D. McGuinness (H.D. McGuinness)
Region: Suffolk County, New York, United States
Verified by: H.D. McGuinness (H.D. McGuinness)
Verified date: Jul 08, 2009
Observation date: Aug 24, 1978
Submitted by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Region: Pine County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Verified date: Jul 10, 2008
Observation date: Jul 26, 2003
Submitted by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Region: Linn County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin (Jim Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
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