Catocala pretiosa
Introduction '''''Catocala pretiosa''''', the '''precious underwing''', is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Joseph Albert Lintner in 1876.It was included in ''Catocala crataegi'' by many authors, but recently it has been revalidated as a distinct species. The subspecies of ''pretiosa'' is listed as a species of special concern and believed extirpated in the US state of Connecticut.It is found from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey west to Pennsylvania and south to Virginia and North Carolina and west to Tennessee into Louisiana and Oklahoma. Subspecies ''texarkana'' is found from Florida to Texas.The wingspan is 40–50 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June. There is probably one generation per year.Larvae feed on ''Amelanchier'', ''Malus'', ''Photinia arbutifolia'', and ''Prunus maritima''. The larvae of the ''pretiosa'' subspecies feeds on ''Amelanchier'', ''Malus'', and ''Aronia arbutifolia''.
Subspecies *''Catocala pretiosa pretiosa'' *''Catocala pretiosa texarkana'' Brower, 1976 – '''Texarkana underwing''' (Florida to Texas)
References
External links * ssp. ''texarkana'' info* ssp. ''pretiosa'' info