Orange-hindwings

Guides

• Catocala aholibah

  Aholibah Underwing Moth

  Catocala aholibah, the Aholibah Underwing Moth, is a large underwing moth in the family Erebidae. Like other Catocala species, it possesses cryptic, speckled gray-black forewings that conceal bright orange hindwings used as a startle display against predators. The species has been documented at light stations in Colorado and is among the larger underwing moths in its genus.

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• Loxostege immerens

  Loxostege immerens is a small crambid moth described by Leon F. Harvey in 1875. It is known from California, where adults have been recorded flying in January and from March through June. The species has a wingspan of approximately 20 mm, with distinctive blackish gray forewings and deep orange yellow hindwings. It belongs to a genus whose caterpillars are known to be preyed upon by certain mason wasps.

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