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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) » Variegated Midget - Hodges#9678 (Elaphria versicolor)

Species Elaphria versicolor - Variegated Midget - Hodges#9678

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Season · Food · Internet References
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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 versicolor (Variegated Midget - Hodges#9678)
Hodges Number
9678
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Elaphria versicolor (Grote, 1875)
Size
~22mm WS
Identification
Season
Adults may be active from May to July
Food
The larva feed on balsam fir, hemlock, pine, spruce, yellow birch and white cedar.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
BOLD Systems
Contributed by tom murray on 20 November, 2005 - 12:34am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, JohnMaxwell22, Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 5 July, 2018 - 7:49am

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