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Girlfriend Underwing

Catocala neogama

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Illustration of Girlfriend Underwing (Catocala neogama)

The Girlfriend Underwing is a medium-sized underwing moth with intricately mottled gray-and-brown forewings and deep orange-and-black hindwings. It is one of more than 100 underwing moth species in North America, all sharing the same basic camouflage-and-flash-color strategy. Adults come readily to sugar bait on tree trunks and to lights in late summer.

Habitat
Hickory and walnut woodlands of the East
Diet
Larvae: hickory and walnut foliage. Adults: fruit juice and sap
How common
Uncommon

Best time to see a Girlfriend Underwing

The best time to see a Girlfriend Underwing is July–August, when about 71% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 4,448 research-grade iNaturalist observations.

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