Catocala cara, the darling underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae.

It can be found in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; it occurs west at least to Oklahoma and north at least to Illinois.

The forewings are dark purplish brown above, and light cream below.

The hindwings have a deep scarlet-pink ground color with a pattern of two clean concentric blackish bands per wing, one through the midwing and one along the pale outer margin.

[3] The adult moths flies from June to October depending on the location.