Catocala aholibah Strecker, 1874
One of the two largest Catocala throughout the Rocky Mountains and western states (the other being
ilia) whose
mature larvae are
readily identifiable. The head capsule of aholibah sports a large, broad, cleanly-edged black "headband"
on/above the vertex that does not extend down the sides, and limited darker markings concentrated in the central portion of
the face which are often reduced to
a well defined dot. Ground color usually gray brown but variable; lateral filaments long and unbranched; belly bright
white, with prominent black spots on A3-A6 only,
which are highlighted by orangish brown.
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