Titan Underwing Catocala titania Dodge, 1900

Family: Erebidae

Subfamily: Erebinae

Identification: Least patterned underwing. Forewing pale greenish gray, with usual markings nearly absent. Hindwing yellowish orange with black bands; marginal band may be broken.

Wing Span: 2-3.8 cm.

Life History:

Flight: June-August.

Caterpillar Hosts: Hawthorn.

Adult Food:

Habitat:

Range: Pennsylvania to Tennessee, west to Missouri.

Conservation:

NCGR:

Management Needs:

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Observation date: May 15, 2003

Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Frank Olsen)

Region: Jasper County, Iowa, United States

Verified by: legacy.verifier (James Durbin)