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Praeclara Underwing Moth
Catocala praeclara
Catocala praeclara, the praeclara underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1866. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia west to south-eastern Alberta, south to Florida and Kansas.
The wingspan is 38–50 mm. Adults are on wing from August to September in one generation depending on the location.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 216309.