About Catocala sappho Strecker, 1874
Catocala sappho, commonly called the Sappho underwing, is a moth species belonging to the family Erebidae. It was first formally described by Ferdinand Heinrich Hermann Strecker in 1874. This species is distributed from Virginia and Tennessee southward to Florida, and westward to Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Missouri, and Illinois. Its wingspan measures between 62 and 75 mm. In highland areas, adults are active from May to July and again from September to October. The larvae of this moth feed on plant species in the Carya genus.
