Catocala amica

Girlfriend underwing
Imago from above (scale in centimeters)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Catocala
Species:	C. amica
Binomial name
Catocala amica (Hübner, 1818)
Synonyms[1]
Catocala amica var. nerissa H.Edwards, 1880 Catocala androphila Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852 Catocala aurantiaca Reiff, 1916 Catocala suffusa Beutenmüller, 1903 Ephesia amica Hübner, 1818 Catocala novangliae Reiff, 1916

Catocala amica, the girlfriend underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818. It is found from southern Canada (Ontario and Quebec) through the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, ranging westward to Oklahoma and Arizona, northward to Minnesota and southwestward to Texas.