Colocasia flavicornis
| Colocasia flavicornis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Colocasia |
| Species: | C. flavicornis |
| Binomial name | |
| Colocasia flavicornis (J. B. Smith, 1884) | |
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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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