Legion of night: the underwing moths

abundance allele amatrix amica andromedae antinympha apex apostatic selection August bait basal dash beak-damage behavior birds blackish shadings blandula briseis cara Carya Catocala species cerogama coccinata collectors concumbens connubialis crataegi crypsis cryptic dejecta Description Entomol epione female flebilis Florida and west forewing Franklin gracilis gray Grote grynea habilis head-down on tree Hessel Hickories Carya hindwing holotype Hulst HW black HW yellow-orange ilia individuals inner black band inner margin July lacrymosa Larval foodplants Lepidoptera Lepidopterist Leverett light-trap males Massachusetts mating melanic melanic form micronympha Mid-season to late Moth rests head-down neogama noctuid North Carolina Nova Scotia outer margin palaeogama phrynia pm line pmnh polymorphism predators Range rare Reared relicta reniform retecta Robinson trap searching image Season Similar species sordida Southern Canada Ontario Southern New England specimens Status Strecker T. D. Sargent tds tree trunks ulalume ultronia Uncommon to common Underside UNDERWING Plate unijuga usually West Hatfield west throughout area whitish