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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) » Elaphria cornutinis - Hodges#9681.2 (Elaphria cornutinis)

Species Elaphria cornutinis - Hodges#9681.2

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

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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 cornutinis (Elaphria cornutinis - Hodges#9681.2)

Hodges Number

9681.2

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Elaphria cornutinus Saluke & Pogue , 2000 (1)

Elaphria cornutinus Lafontaine & Schmidt, 2010 (misspelling)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet refers the arrangement of the cornuiti of the vesica. (1)

Numbers

There are 15 named species of Elaphria in America north of Mexico.(2)

Size

Forewing length is 9-12 mm. (1)

Identification

Saluke & Pogue (2000), original description is online. (1)

Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD).(3)

Range

Southeastern United States. (4), (1)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some collection locations and dates.

Season

Most records are from March through September. (4), (1)

See Also

Elaphria festivoides, a Southeastern species

Elaphria alapallida, a more northern species

Compare to others on the archived photos of living moths and pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Saluke & Pogue , 2000. Resolution of the Elaphria festivoides (Guenée) species complex (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington., 102: 233–270. (1), (233)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Resolution of the Elaphria festivoides (Guenée) species complex (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) Sandra V. Saluke , Michael G. Pogue . 2000. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 102(2): 233-270.

2.	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 .

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 January, 2013 - 3:37pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, anitagould
Last updated 1 July, 2022 - 3:55pm

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