judith Strecker 1874 in Louisiana

by Vernon Antoine Brou Jr., 74320 Jack Loyd Road, Abita Springs, Louisiana 70420 email: [email protected]

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Fig. 1. Catocala judith Strecker: a. male, b. female. Fig. 2. Parish records by this author.

The rarely encountered, medium-sized black hindwing underwing Catocala judith Strecker (Fig. 1) is known to occur in Louisiana from a series of four specimens, three males and one female, captured at Red Dirt National Wildlife Refuge in Kisatchie National Forest, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana (Fig. 2). The dates of capture of these four specimens are May 31 and June 1. Both sexes of judith appear quite similar in maculation and the fringe on hindwings is gray. The forewings appear somewhat inconspicuous and mottled gray and white in appearance. Barnes and McDunnough (1918) reported judith occurs widespread throughout the eastern states and the valleys of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, extending northward into Ontario and Quebec. Sargent (1976) states judith is generally uncommon, occurring " ... Ontario, to and west throughout area". Covell (1984) reported judith to occur from New Hampshire and southern Ontario to North Carolina, west to and Missouri. There is no mention of judith occurring in Florida by Heppner (2003) nor by Knudson and Bordelon (1999) for the state of Texas. Literature cited Barnes, WM and J. McDunnough 1918. Illustrations of the North American species of the genus Catocala. Mem. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. New Series, Vol. III, part 1. Covell, Jr., C.V. 1984. A field guide to eastern North America. The Peterson Field Guide Series No. 30. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. xv + 469pp., 64 plates. Heppner, J.B. 2003. of Florida and neighboring land areas, vol. 17: of Florida, Div. Plant Industry, Fla. Dept. Agr. & Consum. Serv., Gainesville. x + 670 pp., 55 plates. Knudson, E. & C. Bordelon 1999. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Texas 2000 edit. Sargent, T.D. 1976, Legion of Night: The underwing moths. Amherst Univ. Mass. Press. 0 1-Jan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 1-Feb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-Mar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 1-Apr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 1-May 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 1-Jun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 1-Jul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 1-Aug 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 1-Sep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 Oct. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 1-Nov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 1-Dec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0