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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 cyanympha - Hodges#9297.2 (Elaphria cyanympha)

Species Elaphria cyanympha - Hodges#9297.2

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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 cyanympha (Elaphria cyanympha - Hodges#9297.2)
Hodges Number
9297.2
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Elaphria cyanympha Ferguson, [1989]
Phylogenetic sequence # 932239
Numbers
There are 15 named species of Elaphria in America north of Mexico. (1)
Identification
Range
Mississippi to South Carolina(2) and Florida(3). (4), (5)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Most records of adults are from February to April, June, September to October. (4), (5)
Food
Larval host is unknown. (5)
Print References
Ferguson, 1989. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 26: 201–218.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
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.South Carolina Moth Species
3.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 March, 2013 - 8:25pm
Last updated 19 March, 2013 - 6:10pm

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