The Penitent Underwing

Catocala piatrix

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae

Catocala piatrix, the penitent underwing, is a moth from North America. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1864. It is placed in subfamily Catocalinae, either of the family Noctuidae, or – if the Noctuidae are circumscribed more strictly – of family Erebidae.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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