Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Herodias Underwing
Catocala herodias Strecker, 1876
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Erebinae
Identification: Forewing gray with fine wood-grain pattern of brown and black. Northern specimens have a whitish border along forewing costa that is absent in typical subspecies. Hindwing orange, red with black bands and white fringe.
Wing Span: 5.6-6.5 cm.
Life History:
Flight: July-August.
Caterpillar Hosts: Oaks, particularly scrub oak.
Adult Food:
Habitat: Oak-pine barrens.
Range: Subspecies gerhardi is found from Massachusetts to North Carolina; typical form (subspecies herodias) is known from Oklahoma and Texas.
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Comments: NULL
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Verified Sightings

Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 verified sightings
Observation date: Jul 27, 2014
Submitted by: TeaKH
Region: Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: TeaKH
Verified date: Jan 12, 2015
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Observation date: Jul 08, 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: Aug 28, 2009
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