''Catocala ulalume'', the Ulalume underwing, is a

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of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by

Herman Strecker Ferdinand Heinrich Herman Strecker (24 March 1836, in Philadelphia – 30 November 1901, in Reading, Pennsylvania) was an American entomologist specialising in butterflies and moths ( Lepidoptera). Strecker was born in Philadelphia to Ferdinand and ...

in 1878. It is found in the United States from

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through

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, west to

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and Oklahoma and north to

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. The

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is 60–75 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September. There is one generation per year. The larvae feed on '' Carya alba''.

References

External links

*Oehlke, Bill
"''Catocala ulalume'' Strecker, 1878"
''The ''Catocala'' Website''. Retrieved October 22, 2019. Moths described in 1878 ulalume Moths of North America {{Catocalini-stub