Catocala Agrippina
''Catocala agrippina'', the Agrippina underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was Species description, first described by Herman Strecker in 1874. It is found in the United States from southern New Jersey south to Florida, west to Texas and eastern Oklahoma and north to southern Indiana. The wingspan is 75–85 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August depending on the location. The larvae feed on ''Carya cordiformis'' (bitternut hickory). References External links *Oehlke, Bil"''Catocala agrippina'' Strecker, 1874"
''silkmoths.bizland.com''. * Moths described in 1874 Catocala, agrippina Taxa named by Herman Strecker Moths of North America {{Catocalini-stub ...
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Herman Strecker
Ferdinand Heinrich Herman Strecker (24 March 1836, in Philadelphia – 30 November 1901, in Reading, Pennsylvania) was an American entomologist specialising in butterflies and moths ( Lepidoptera). Strecker was born in Philadelphia to Ferdinand and Anna (''née'' Kern) who had immigrated from Germany. His father, had trained as a sculptor in Europe, settled in Reading where he made and traded in marble sculptures. The young Strecker showed great aptitude for this trade, starting to work at twelve years, and succeeding his father. But sculpture was not lucrative enough and young Strecker also made tombstones and trained in architecture. On his mother's side he had naturalists as well as artists who inspired him young. As a young man, Strecker frequented the library of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia where he studied natural history and more particularly the butterflies. A polyglot, he traveled extensively, in particular in the Caribbean, Mexico and Central Ameri ...
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