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Species Elaphria versicolor - Variegated Midget - Hodges#9678

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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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