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Box: 4 Cork: 6

Noctuidae  Catocala pretiosa pretiosa Lintner [pupal exuvia and cocoon] [det. J.D. Weintraub]

From:  USA  Pennsylvania  Original Locality Data: Pennsylvania: vic. Philadelphia, 1833-36 [reared on apple by T.R. Peale; "out (= eclosed?) May 4"]
Peale's Identification: Catocala clintonii
Measurements: 40.9 mm [maximum diameter of plant material attached to pupal exuvia - pupual exuvia not measurable Comments: "feeding on apple leaves: — out May 4th, 1833"

Specimen 6 in Peale Box 4,
Box 4 data: "Pennsylvania Nocturnal; 4; 13. Catocala & c." Collected by T.R. Peale in the neighborhood of Philadelphia 1833 to 1836. Mounted: 1833-1836

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