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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Elaphriini » Midgets (Elaphria)

Genus Elaphria - Midgets

Classification · Numbers · Size · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Grateful Midget - Hodges#9684 - Elaphria grata Grateful Midget Moth - Hodges #9684 - Elaphria grata - female Pale-winged Midget - Hodges#9681.1 - Elaphria alapallida Variegated Midget Moth - Elaphria versicolor Elaphria versicolor Texas SE Gulf Coast - Elaphria nucicolora Pale-winged Midget - Elaphria alapallida Moth B - Elaphria versicolor
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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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Elaphriini
Genus Elaphria (Midgets)
Numbers
There are 15 named species of Elaphria in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)
Size
Wingspan usually less than 30 mm (which is small for a noctuid - hence the common name of Midget).
Range
a holarctic and neotropical genus; in North America, occurs throughout the US and southern Canada but most species are found in the east
Internet References
pinned adult images of 4 species occurring in the east (CBIF)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
Contributed by Mike Boone on 29 April, 2005 - 3:35pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Maury Heiman
Last updated 20 March, 2013 - 12:50pm

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