Catocala micronympha

Little nymph underwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Catocala
Species:	C. micronympha
Binomial name
	Catocala micronympha; Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
	Catocala fratercula timandra ; Catocala timandra H. Edwards, 1880 ; Catocala hero Hulst, 1884 ; Catocala atarah Strecker, 1874 ; Meyer, 1880 Grote & Robinson, 1866 ; Pilate, 1882 Poling, 1901 ; ; H. Edwards, 1880 ; Catocala fratercula var. hero Catocala fratercula atarah; Catocala fratercula hero Catocala fratercula ouwah; Catocala micronympha fratercula H. Edwards, 1884 ; Catocala gisela Catocala fratercula; Catocala helene Catocala ouwah; ; ; Ephesia micronympha Catocala fratercula gisela; Catocala fratercula jaquenetta Catocala fratercula var. jacquenetta;

Catocala micronympha, the little nymph underwing or little bride underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in North America from southern Ontario, Quebec, and Manitoba through New Hampshire, Connecticut, and New Jersey to Florida, west to Texas and then north through Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, to Wisconsin and Minnesota and then east to Michigan.

Lectotype of Catocala gisela, now considered to be a synonym of Catocala micronympha

The wingspan is 35–50 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.

References

^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala micronympha Guenee". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.

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