Tearful Underwing
Catocala lacrymosa Guenée, 1852
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Erebinae
Identification: Forewing mottled dark gray, brown, and black; pattern variable, but look for whitish crescents accenting am. and pm. lines at inner margin. Distinct forms include "evelina" French (wide black band along inner margin of forewing), "paulina" Hy. Edw. (forewing entirely blackish out to white st. band), and "zelica" French (black basal patch and st. band). Hindwing black with checkered fringe that is mostly white but black near anal angle.
Wing Span: 6-8.2 cm.
Life History:
Flight: July-October.
Caterpillar Hosts: Hickories.
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Massachusetts to Florida, west to Wisconsin, Kansas, and Texas.
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
Comments: NULL
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Verified Sightings
Displaying 49 - 66 of 66 verified sightings
Observation date: Sep 09, 2007
Submitted by: rdhealy1951@aol.com
Region: Hart County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: May 16, 2011
Observation date: Jul 26, 2006
Submitted by: rdhealy1951@aol.com
Region: Hart County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: May 16, 2011
Observation date: Sep 12, 2007
Submitted by: rdhealy1951@aol.com
Region: Hart County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: May 16, 2011
Observation date: Aug 22, 2008
Submitted by: rdhealy1951@aol.com
Region: Hart County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: May 16, 2011
Observation date: Sep 05, 2006
Submitted by: rdhealy1951@aol.com
Region: Hart County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: May 16, 2011
Observation date: Sep 22, 2007
Submitted by: rdhealy1951@aol.com
Region: Hart County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: jasondroberts
Verified date: May 11, 2011
Observation date: Aug 12, 2005
Submitted by: rdhealy1951@aol.com
Region: Hart County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: jasondroberts
Verified date: May 11, 2011
Observation date: Aug 09, 2009
Submitted by: Salman Abdulali
Region: Pitt County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Mar 24, 2011
Observation date: Jul 10, 2010
Submitted by: Moth-er Jean
Region: Cocke County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: jasondroberts
Verified date: Jan 30, 2011
Observation date: Aug 12, 2010
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Kenneth Waldrep)
Region: Monroe County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap (Mike Chapman)
Verified date: Dec 31, 2010
Observation date: Aug 12, 2010
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Kenneth Waldrep)
Region: Monroe County, Georgia, United States
Verified by: Mikelchap (Mike Chapman)
Verified date: Dec 31, 2010
Observation date: Aug 11, 2010
Submitted by: ozcomomoths (Rhonda Herndon)
Region: Ozark County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: Phillip E. Koenig (Phil Koenig)
Verified date: Dec 31, 2010
Observation date: Sep 01, 2010
Submitted by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Region: Nobles County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Verified date: Dec 31, 2010
Observation date: Aug 11, 2010
Submitted by: ozcomomoths (Rhonda Herndon)
Region: Ozark County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: Phillip E. Koenig (Phil Koenig)
Verified date: Sep 21, 2010
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: BAMONA (Tom Middagh)
Region: Nobles County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: BAMONA
Verified date: Sep 06, 2010
Observation date: Aug 08, 1995
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Samuel R. Smith)
Region: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman (Curt Lehman)
Verified date: Jun 21, 2010
Observation date: Jul 31, 1986
Submitted by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Region: Nobles County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Verified date: Jul 10, 2008
Observation date: Jan 01, 1970
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Richard B. Dominick Moth and Butterfly Collection)
Region: Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Dr. F. Lance Wallace of The Citadel, Charleston SC)
Verified date: Dec 12, 2007
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