Catocala retecta

Catocala retecta, the yellow-gray underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1872. It can be found in North America from southern Ontario and Quebec south through Maine and New Jersey, south through Tennessee to Georgia and west to Arkansas and Kansas and north to Wisconsin. There is one recognised subspecies, Catocala retecta luctuosa, which is sometimes treated as a valid species with the common name yellow-fringed underwing.

Yellow-gray underwing
Lectotype of Catabapta luctuosa, now mostly considered a synonym of Catocala retecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Catocala
Species:	C. retecta
Binomial name
Catocala retecta Grote, 1872[1]
Synonyms
Catabapta retecta Catocala luctuosa Hulst, 1884

The wingspan is 60–75 mm. The moths flies from July to October depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Juglans and Carya species.

Subspecies

• Catocala retecta retecta
• Catocala retecta luctuosa Hulst, 1884 – yellow-fringed underwing