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Colocasia flavicornis (Yellowhorn)

Synonyms: Colocasia electa; Colocasia infanta

Wikipedia Abstract

The Yellowhorn (Colocasia flavicornis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in North America, east of the Rocky Mountains. In Canada, it is found in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Adults are on wing from March to September. There are two generations per year. The larvae feed on a variety of deciduous trees, including beech, oak, maple and elm.
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Prey / Diet

Acer rubrum (red maple)[1]
Acer saccharinum (silver maple)[1]
Alnus incana (gray alder)[1]
Betula papyrifera (mountain paper birch)[1]
Fagus grandifolia (American beech)[1]

External References

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Citations

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♦ 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