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Elaphria festivoides (Festive Midget)

Synonyms: Elaphria albovariegata; Elaphria cephalica; Elaphria varia

Wikipedia Abstract

The Festive Midget (Elaphria festivoides) is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in eastern North America. Elaphria alapallida was split from Elaphria festivoides by Pogue and Sullivan in 2003. All specimens of Elaphria festivoides previously collected in Canada have turned out to be the new species alapallida, so festivoides is probably not present in Canada. The wingspan is 21-28 mm. Adults are on wing from April to July. There are at least two generations per year. Larvae have been reared on Acer negundo.
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Prey / Diet

Acer negundo (box elder)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0