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Today’s moth is #8771 in the Hodges Catalog, the Penitent Underwing Moth, Catocala piatrix dionyza

Whoever named the Underwings had a vivid (and likely Victorian) imagination. Other moths in this genus include:

• The Sweetheart
• The Girlfriend
• The Gloomy Underwing
• The Charming Underwing
• The Darling Underwing
• The Carissima Underwing
• The Connubial Underwing
• The Dejected Underwing
• The Graceful Underwing
• The Betrothed
• The Tearful Underwing
• The Sad Underwing
• The Little Wife Underwing
• The Bride
• The Married Underwing
• The Oldwife
• The Mother
• The Sappho Underwing
• The Serene Underwing
• The Youthful Underwing
• The Once-married Underwing
• The Widow

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• BugGuide
• Moth Photographers Group
• All-Leps
• Butterflies and Moths of North America