Catocala vidua

Tom Payne, Tennessee Catocala Collection

Catocala vidua
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(J.E. Smith, 1797) Phalaena vidua


Catocala vidua, bait, Woodlawn, Montgomery County, Tennessee,
August 10, 2007, courtesy of Tom Payne.

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TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Group: Noctuinina
Subfamily: Catocalinae
Genus: Catocala, Schrank, 1802

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Catocala vidua, Montgomery County, Tennessee, last week of September 2008, courtesy of Tom Payne.

Catocala vidua, Montgomery County, Tennessee, last week of September 2008, courtesy of Tom Payne.

Catocala vidua (upper left); Catocala retecta (lower right), Montgomery County, Tennessee, last week of September 2008, courtesy of Tom Payne.

In the C. vidua/C. retecta image note the larger size of C. vidua and the dark arc running from below the apex to the costa above the reniform spot. In the smaller C. retecta the dark arc runs frmo just below the apex below the reniform spot (interrupted by the subreniform spot) toward the dash through the middle of the antemedial line.

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