Catocala semirelicta

Catocala semirelicta, the semirelict underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae.

The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874.

[1] It is found in North America from Nevada, Colorado, Utah, California, and Nova Scotia south to Maine, west across Canada to British Columbia, and southward in the mountains.

Adults are on wing from July to September in one generation depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Populus balsamifera, Populus tremuloides, and Salix species.

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