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Magdalen Underwing Moth

Catocala illecta

Description:

Catocala species.

Habitat:

Grassland/Forest

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3 Comments

dferris
dferris 9 years ago

yeah you are right, I only recognized it as catocala sp. and didn't know the exact species. When I looked it up, I stopped at the first one that looked similar, and didn't look into the detail.

LuckyLogan
LuckyLogan 9 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion dferris, but I think this is actually C. illecta.

suzmonk
suzmonk 9 years ago

Pretty petticoats!

LuckyLogan
Spotted by
LuckyLogan

Iowa, USA

Spotted on Jun 22, 2014
Submitted on Jun 23, 2014

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