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North America has certainly been graced with a plethora
of red, salmon, and a few (true) pink underwing moths.
A lovely genus for the most part and quite varied in its
approx. 110 n.a. species.

Of the few which are truly a pink shade of coloration
Catocala concumbens ranks as a true highlight of the
genus here. This is a medium-sized species with a wingspan
in the 60-75mm range. It was first described by Francis
Walker in 1858. The forewings are generally light gray with
very "thin" meandering black lines across their width. The
hindwings are of a bright rosy-pink with black median and
terminal bands. The white fringe indeed stands out and only
adds to this impressive little package.



This species is largely found along much of the U.S.border
states and southern Canadian provinces. It dips down in
some states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania,Wisconsin, and
even northern Indiana; although I have not run across
it myself in northern Illinois.

For those European readers this species is closest in color
to Catocala pacta in Europe.

This specimen along with 4 others were acquired through
a kind and generous trade with a current forum member
from Canada.

I have a female with a much wider than usual hindwing black band, with a typical female for comparison. Sorry about the poor quality photo taken on my mobile phone.

Very nice and indeed unusual specimen that you have there Bob.

The lighting or your phone seems to lend a more reddish appearance to the hindwings in the photograph.

Have you ever had opportunity to raise this species ?

Yes, I raised a nice series 4 years ago. In fact the other specimen pictured is one of them.