Catocala louiseae

Louise's underwing
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Catocala
Species:	C. louiseae
Binomial name
	Catocala louiseae; Bauer, 1965
Synonyms
	Catocala protonympha Boisduval, 1840; Catocala nebraskae louiseae; Catocala nebraskae var. somnus Dodge, 1881;

Catocala louiseae, or Louise's underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species is endemic to the United States. The epithet, louiseae, is in honor of "the late Louise (Mrs. E.P.) Mellon" who funded the Carnegie Museum of Natural History expedition on which the type specimen was collected. The species was first described by John Bauer in 1965.^[2]

Distribution

C. louiseae is found in the United States from North Carolina south to Florida and west through Arkansas to Texas.^{[citation needed]}

Description

The wingspan of C. louiseae is about 40 mm (1.6 in).^{[citation needed]}

Life cycle

Adults of C. louiseae are on wing in May.^{[citation needed]} There is probably one generation per year.^{[citation needed]} The larvae feed on Vaccinium arboreum and probably other blueberries.^{[citation needed]}

Taxonomy

Catocala louiseae is given precedence per Article 23.9.2 as a nomen protectum over its disused senior subjective synonym Catocala protonympha Boisduval, 1840, which becomes a nomen oblitum.^[3]

References

^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (2012). "Catocala louiseae Bauer 1965". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
^ Bauer, John (1965). "A new Catocala from Florida (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Entomological News. 76: 197–198, Figures 1–3. (Catocala louiseae, new species).
^ Gall LF, Hawks DC (2001). "Precedence of Catocala louiseae Bauer, 1965 as a nomen protectum over Catocala protonympha Boisduval, 1840 (Noctuidae)". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 55 (4): 171–174. Full article: [1].