Catocala Lincolnana
''Catocala lincolnana'', the Lincoln underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was Species description, first described by Auburn Edmund Brower in 1976. It is found in the US from North Carolina south to Florida and west through Arkansas to Texas. The wingspan is 40–50 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June. There is one generation per year. The larvae feed on ''Crataegus''. References External links Species info
Moths described in 1976 Catocala, lincolnana Moths of North America {{Catocalini-stub ...
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Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ...
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