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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) » George's Midget - Hodges#9680 (Elaphria georgei)

Species Elaphria georgei - George's Midget - Hodges#9680

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

George's Midget Moth - Hodges #9680 - Elaphria georgei

Is this one of the Hypenas? - Elaphria georgei

9680 George's Midget (Elaphria georgei) - Elaphria georgei

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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 georgei (George's Midget - Hodges#9680)

Hodges Number

9680

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Elaphria georgei (Moore & Rawson, 1939) (1)

Monodes georgei Moore & Rawson, 1939 (2)

Phylogenetic sequence # 932232

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of Colonel Edwin S. George. (2)

Size

Wingspan 22-23 mm. (2), (3)

Identification

The original description as Monodes georgei Moore & Rawson, is available online in PDF. (2)

Antemedial and postmedial lines are edged in white near the inner margin. (4)

Range

Eastern North America. (3), (5), (6)

Type locality: USA: Michigan, Livingston Co., Edwin S. George Reserve. (2)

Moth Photographers group map

Bug Guide data

Season

Records of adults are from February to June. (3)

Food

Larval host is unknown. (4)

See Also

Compare to related species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Dalton State University

Moths of Canada

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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.	A new Noctuid from Michigan Sherman Moore, George W. Rawson . 1939. University of Michigan Press.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.

5.	Moths of Dallas County, Texas

6.	Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 April, 2010 - 1:51pm
Last updated 27 March, 2013 - 10:57am

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