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Allotria elonympha (False Underwing Moth)

Wikipedia Abstract

The False Underwing Moth (Allotria elonympha) is a species of moth in the Erebidae family. The species is found in eastern North America. The wingspan is 33–44 mm. Adults are on wing from March to September. The larvae feed on various deciduous trees, such as Black Gum, Nyssa sylvatica, hickory and walnut.
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Prey / Diet

Juglans nigra (black walnut)[1]
Nyssa sylvatica (blackgum)[2]

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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
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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