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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Omopterini » Allotria » False Underwing - Hodges#8721 (Allotria elonympha)

Species Allotria elonympha - False Underwing - Hodges#8721

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Erebinae
Tribe Omopterini
Genus Allotria
Species elonympha (False Underwing - Hodges#8721)
Hodges Number
8721
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Allotria elonympha (Hübner, 1818)
Ephesia elonympha Hübner, 1818
Ctaocala elonympha (1)
Size
Wingspan 33-44 mm.
Identification
Hindwing has even black border. Forewing variable, gray to very dark. There is a small, black orbicular spot--not always visible in melanic specimens.
Genitalia:
Range
Eastern North America.
Habitat
Deciduous forests and nearby areas.
Season
March-September.
Life Cycle
Larvae feed on a variety of deciduous trees, such as Black Gum (Nyssa sylvatica), hickories, walnuts.
See Also
Underwings, genus Catocala.
Print References
Covell, p. 168, plate 32#11 (2)
Hübner, J., 1818. Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, Plates vol. 1: Pl.496, f.29,30.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Maryland Moths
Jacob Hübner (1761-1826)
Works Cited
1.The genus Catocala.
George. D. Hulst. 1884. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 7(1): 14-56.
2.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Cotinis on 30 January, 2005 - 1:46am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Ron M., Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 7 December, 2023 - 6:41am

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