Catocala ilia (beloved underwing) Description
Ilia Underwing (Catocala ilia) – Hodges#8801 http://bugguide.net/node/view/24507 / http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8801
I think this is the first Catocala moth that I've seen.
Date 17 June 2011, 21:11:08
Source Flickr: Ilia Underwing https://www.flickr.com/photos/33472394@N00/5845469095
Author John B. http://www.flickr.com/people/33472394@N00
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ilia_Underwing.jpg
The Ilia Underwing, Beloved Underwing or Wife Underwing (Catocala ilia) is a moth of the Erebidae family. The species can be found in the Eastern part of the United States as well as southern Canada. Subspecies Catocala ilia zoe can be found in California and Arizona. Order: Lepidoptera, Family: Erebidae, Genus: Catocala, Species: Catocala ilia (Cramer, 1776).
Synonyms:
Phalaena ilia Cramer, [1776]
Catocala duplicata Worthington, 1883
Ephesia duplicata
Catocala decorata Worthington, 1883
Catocala conspicua Worthington, 1883
Catocala uxor Guenée, 1852
Catocala albomacula Butler, 1892
Catocala iliana Strand, 1914
Catocala obsoleta Worthington, 1883
Catocala confusa Worthington, 1883
Catocala normani Bartsch, 1916
Catocala santanas Reiff, 1920
Catocala hulsti Reiff, 1920
Catocala zoe Behr, 1870
Catocala osculata Hulst, 1884
Catocala reiffi Cassino, 1917
