Catocala manitoba
Catocala praeclara manitoba
kah-TOCK-uh-lahmpree-CLAIR-uhmman-ih-TOH-buh
Beutenmüller, 1908
Catocala praeclara manitoba from Barnes & McDunnough Plate
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| TAXONOMY:
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Group: Noctuinina
Subfamily: Catocalinae
Genus: Catocala, Schrank, 1802
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DISTRIBUTION:
Catocala praeclara manitoba
(wingspan: mm), flies in Montana, and in Canada in
Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
This moth is now (2010) treated as a subspecies of praeclara.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Catocala praeclara
manitoba flies as a single
generation with moths on the wing from .
The Catocala praeclara manitoba caterpillar feeds on poplar and willow.
ECLOSION:
Adults eclose from pupae formed under leaf litter.
SCENTING AND MATING:
Catocala praeclara manitoba females
emit an airbourne pheromone and males use their antennae to track the
scent plume.
EGGS, CATERPILLARS, COCOONS, AND PUPAE:
Eggs are deposited on tree bark in the fall and hatch the following spring.
Mature larvae Image courtesy of |
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Larval Food Plants
Listed below are primary food plant(s) and alternate food plants.
It is hoped that this alphabetical listing followed by the common
name of the foodplant will prove useful. The list is not exhaustive,
although some species seem very host specific.
Experimenting with closely related foodplants is worthwhile.
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