Catocala mira

Catocala mira
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Catocala
Species:	C. mira
Binomial name
	Catocala mira; Grote, 1876
Synonyms
	; Cassino, 1918 Catocala polygama mira; Catocala nira ; Catocala mira dana Catocala dana;

Catocala mira, the wonderful underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1876.^[1]^[2] It is found in North America from Manitoba through southern Ontario and Quebec through New Hampshire and Connecticut to Florida, west to Texas and north through Iowa and Illinois.

Its wingspan is 40–50 mm. Adults are on wing^{[definition needed]} from July to August. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Crataegus.

References

^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala mira Grote 1876". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
^ Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala mira Grote, 1876". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 21, 2019.

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