Elaphria chalcedonia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Genus
- Elaphria
- Species
- Elaphria chalcedonia
- Scientific Name
- Elaphria chalcedonia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Elaphria chalcedonia
Elaphria chalcedonia, the chalcedony midget moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from the eastern United States, from Maine to Florida, west to Texas and north to Wisconsin. It is also found in Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, Puerto Rico and Central America. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1808.
The wingspan is 24–28 mm. Adults are on wing year round in Florida and from June to September in the northern part of the range.
The larvae feed on Penstemon, Scrophularia and Mimulus species.
...Elaphria chalcedonia in languages:
- English
- Chalcedony Midget
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Elaphria acaste
- Elaphria agrotina
- Elaphria agyra
- Elaphria albiviata
- Elaphria andersoni
- Elaphria antica
- Elaphria apicalis
- Elaphria arnoides
- Elaphria atrisigna
- Elaphria barbarossa
- Elaphria basistigma
- Elaphria bertha
- Elaphria bogotana
- Elaphria callopistrica
- Elaphria carmioli
- Elaphria castrensis
- Elaphria chalcedonia
- Elaphria cognata
- Elaphria cohaerens
- Elaphria conjugata
- Elaphria cuprescens
- Elaphria cyanympha
- Elaphria delenifica
- Elaphria deliriosa
- Elaphria deltoides
- Elaphria devara
- Elaphria ditrigona
- Elaphria encantada
- Elaphria exesa
- Elaphria festivoides
- Elaphria fissistigma
- Elaphria fuscimacula
- Elaphria georgei
- Elaphria grata
- Elaphria guttula
- Elaphria haemassa
- Elaphria harudes
- Elaphria hypophaea
- Elaphria hyposcota
- Elaphria interstriata
- Elaphria isse
- Elaphria ixion
- Elaphria jalapensis
- Elaphria jonea
- Elaphria jucundella
- Elaphria langia
- Elaphria lentilinea
- Elaphria lithodia
- Elaphria lucens
- Elaphria malaca
- Elaphria marmorata
- Elaphria medioclara
- Elaphria monyma
- Elaphria niveiplaga
- Elaphria niveopis
- Elaphria nucicolora
- Elaphria obscura
- Elaphria optata
- Elaphria pallescens
- Elaphria perigeana
- Elaphria phaeopera
- Elaphria phlegyas
- Elaphria plectilis
- Elaphria promiscua
- Elaphria pulchra
- Elaphria renipes
- Elaphria rubripicta
- Elaphria subobliqua
- Elaphria subrubens
- Elaphria thionaris
- Elaphria thoracica
- Elaphria trifissa
- Elaphria trolia
- Elaphria venustula
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