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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Pantheinae » Colocasia

Genus Colocasia

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Internet References
moth - Colocasia flavicornis Gray moth - Colocasia flavicornis Yellowhorn - Hodges#9184 - Colocasia flavicornis moth 3 - Colocasia propinquilinea - female Noctuidae - Colocasia propinquilinea Moth to porch light - Colocasia flavicornis Colocasia? - Colocasia propinquilinea Colocasia - Colocasia propinquilinea - female
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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 Pantheinae
Genus Colocasia
Numbers
2 species in North America (nearctica.com)
2 species in Canada (CBIF)
Size
wingspan 33-45 mm
Identification
The two species C. flavicornis and propinquilinea are very similar. Both have orange antennae and a circular dark-rimmed white orbicular spot. According to the description on Lynn Scott's site:
"The most obvious difference between the two species is the presence of the very dark "shield" in the median area when C. flavicornis has its wings closed. C. propinquilinea has no bar joining the am and pm lines across the median, and the median area is more or less the same shade of gray from costa to inner margin."
Range
North America east of the Rockies
Habitat
deciduous woodlands
Season
adults fly from March to September
Food
larvae feed on the leaves of a variety of deciduous trees
Internet References
pinned adult images of both species in North America (CBIF)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 20 June, 2005 - 12:50am

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