Moths of North Carolina
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View PDFErebidae Members: Catocala Members: 1 NC Records

Catocala concumbens Walker, [1858] - Pink Underwing

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Erebidae		Subfamily:
Erebinae		Tribe:
Catocalini		P3 Number:
930814		 MONA Number:
8833.00		 Other Common Name:
Sleepy Underwing
Comments: One of 103 species in this genus that occur in North America (Gall and Hawks, 2010; Kons and Borth, 2015a,b), 67 of which have been recorded in North Carolina.
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult Markings: The forewings are pale gray, shading to whitish along the costa (Forbes, 1954). The lines are narrow and black, similar to those of cara and amatrix. The reniform is often obscure but can be fairly large and pale. Hindwings are distinctively pink, crossed by two broad, sharp-edged bands of black. The fringe is white. Catocala amatrix can be similar in appearance and color, but can have broad longitudinal bands of black on the forewings and the black lines on the hindwings are narrower.
Wingspan: 60-75 mm (Sargent, 1976)
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from photos showing hindwings, abdomen, or other specialized views [e.g., frons, palps, antennae, undersides].
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Catocala concumbensAlamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Davidson Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Martin McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash New%20Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Swain Transylvania Tyrrell Union Vance Wake Warren Washington Watauga Wayne Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancey
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

Click on graph to enlarge 		Image showing flight dates by month for High Mountains greater than 4,000 feet, Low Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain: adults.
Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Our sole record comes from a high elevation site where willows may be present or possibly Bigtooth Aspen.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on willows (Salix) and poplars (Populus) (Wagner et al., 2011). We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
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Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: [SR]
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [S1]
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
Comments: We know of only a single record for this species in North Carolina.