A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (04/13/2014).

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A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/19/2015). Verified by Bob Biagi/BugGuide.

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A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (7/18/2019). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.

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A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/12/2015). Determined by Jason D. Roberts/BugGuide.

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A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/19/2014). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.

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A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/3/2013).

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A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/19/2014). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.

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A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/5/2014).

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A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Somerset Co., Maryland (8/1/2004).

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A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/24/2013).

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A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/24/2013).

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A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/23/2014).

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A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/5/2013).

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Little Wife Underwing Moth in Somerset Co., Maryland (7/22/2022). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 615988 - Psn: 55)

Little Wife Underwing Moth in Somerset Co., Maryland (7/22/2022). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Little Wife Underwing Moth in Somerset Co., Maryland (7/22/2022). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Little Wife Underwing Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/6/2014).

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A Little Wife Underwing Moth collected on the Eastern Shore in Maryland.

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A Little Wife Underwing Moth caterpillar in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/16/2014).

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Larvae feed exclusively on plants in the genus Morella, such as Wax Myrtle and Northern Bayberry.

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A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (04/13/2014). View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/19/2015). Verified by Bob Biagi/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (7/18/2019). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. View Record Details Media by Dave Webb.

A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/12/2015). Determined by Jason D. Roberts/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/19/2014). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/3/2013). View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/19/2014). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/5/2014). View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Somerset Co., Maryland (8/1/2004). View Record Details Media by Lance Biechele.

A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/24/2013). View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/23/2014). View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

A Little Wife Underwing Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/5/2013). View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

Little Wife Underwing Moth in Somerset Co., Maryland (7/22/2022). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Jim Brighton.

Little Wife Underwing Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/6/2014). View Record Details Media by Jonathan Willey.

A Little Wife Underwing Moth collected on the Eastern Shore in Maryland. View Record Details Media by John Glaser.

A Little Wife Underwing Moth caterpillar in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/16/2014). View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

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Little wife underwing

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Catocala
Species:	C. muliercula
Binomial name
*Catocala muliercula* Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
Catabapta muliercula Catocala permanans Hulst, 1884 Catocala muliercula permanans

Catocala muliercula, the little wife underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.^[1]^[2] It is found in the US from Massachusetts and Connecticut south to Florida and west to Texas and New Mexico.

The wingspan is 54–70 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July depending on the location. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Myrica cerifera.

References

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^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catocala muliercula Guenee 1852". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
^ Savela, Markku (July 27, 2019). "Catocala muliercula Guenée, 1852". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 21, 2019.

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Oehlke, Bill. "Catocala muliercula Guenee, 1852". World's Largest Saturniidae Site! Archived May 12, 2008.
Elliott, Lynette (March 10, 2018). "Species Catocala muliercula - The Little Wife Underwing - Hodges#8774". BugGuide. Retrieved October 21, 2019.

Taxon identifiers
Catocala muliercula	Wikidata: Q5053745 Wikispecies: Catocala muliercula BAMONA: Catocala-muliercula BugGuide: 23074 CoL: 93WRW GBIF: 9604825 iNaturalist: 216301 ITIS: 938131 LepIndex: 279005 MONA: 8774 NatureServe: 2.111723 NCBI: 1734899 Observation.org: 949277 Open Tree of Life: 5933505

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Little Wife Underwing Moth

Catocala muliercula Guenée, 1852

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