Biology:Elaphria agrotina
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Elaphria |
| Species: | E. agrotina
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| Elaphria agrotina (Guenée, 1852)
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Elaphria agrotina is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found from North America (including Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Florida and Texas ), through Central America, the Antilles and Cuba[1] to Brazil and Argentina .[2]
The wingspan is about 18 mm.[3]
The larvae feed on Phaseolus species.
References
- ↑ Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 19 (2): 349–391. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000200006. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbzool/v19n2/v19n2a06.pdf.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Elaphria agrotina (Guenée, 1852)". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/xyleninae/elaphria/#agrotina. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
- ↑ "932227.00 – 9677 – Elaphria agrotina – (Guenée, 1852)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9677. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q17286577 entry
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