Catocala orba

Catocala orba, the Orba underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Nikolai Yakovlevich Kuznetsov in 1903.^[1][2] It is found from Massachusetts south to Georgia and Florida, west to Texas, and as far north as Mississippi.

Orba underwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Catocala
Species:	C. orba
Binomial name
Catocala orba Kuznetsov, 1903

The wingspan is 40–45 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae probably feed on hickory and walnut.