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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) » Grateful Midget - Hodges#9684 (Elaphria grata)

Species Elaphria grata - Grateful Midget - Hodges#9684

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Grateful Midget - Hodges#9684 - Elaphria grata

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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)

Species grata (Grateful Midget - Hodges#9684)

Hodges Number

9684

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Elaphria grata Hübner, 1818

Phylogenetic sequence # 932238

Numbers

Elaphria has 15 species in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Wingspan 20-26 mm.

Identification

Forewing reddish-brown with whitish lines. Dark gray dots in reniform and orbicular spots. (2).

Range

Eastern North America, common in southern United States

Season

Adults are most common from April-October, with several broods.

Life Cycle

Larvae reported to eat various forbs, also oaks and dead leaves--clearly not fussy eaters.

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Covell, p. 136, plate 27 #24 (2)

Forbes, 1954. Memoir: Number 329 - Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States, Part III, 226 (3)

Hampson, 1909. Noctuidae in the collection of the British Museum. 7: 510

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Maryland Moths

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	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 .

2.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

3.	Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States, Part III [Noctuidae] William T. M. Forbes . 1954. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station Memoir: Number 329: 1-433.

Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 15 October, 2005 - 9:56am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman
Last updated 10 March, 2015 - 3:14pm

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