Catocala habilis

Catocala habilis
kah-TOCK-uh-lahmHAB-ih-lis
Grote, 1872

Catocala habilis, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts,
August 12, 2011, courtesy of Joshua S. Rose.

Sometimes there is an elongated basal dash that runs from the body, through midpoint of am line, almost to subrenifrom spot; at other times there is not even a hint of said dash.

Note grey, feathery appearance of wing veins in forewing postmedian area, against a lighter background.

Catocala habilis, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts,
August 12, 2011, courtesy of Joshua S. Rose.

Catocala habilis, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts,
August 12, 2011, courtesy of Joshua S. Rose.

Note large, almost pure orange-yellow apex on hindwing.

All three images on this page are belived to be of the same specimen.

This site has been created by Bill Oehlke at oehlkew@islandtelecom.com
Comments, suggestions and/or additional information are welcomed by Bill.

TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Group: Noctuinina
Subfamily: Catocalinae
Genus: Catocala, Schrank, 1802

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