Colocasia flavicornis

Colocasia flavicornis (yellowhorn) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. 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.

Yellowhorn
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Colocasia
Species:
C. flavicornis
Binomial name
Colocasia flavicornis
(J. B. Smith, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Colocasia infanta (J. B. Smith, 1911)
  • Colocasia electa (J. B. Smith, 1911)

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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