Colocasia propinquilinea

Colocasia propinquilinea, the closebanded yellowhorn, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873. It is found in North America from Newfoundland and Labrador, west across the southern edge of the boreal forest to central Alberta, south to North Carolina, Missouri and Arkansas.

Closebanded yellowhorn
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Colocasia
Species:	C. propinquilinea
Binomial name
Colocasia propinquilinea (Grote, 1873)

The wingspan is 35–45 mm. Adults are on wing from April to July in the south and from May to August in the north. There is one generation per year in the north and two or more in the south.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Betula. Other recorded hosts include Tilia americana, beech, elm, Ostrya virginiana, maple, oak, poplar, walnut and willow.

References

• McLeod, Robin (January 6, 2019). "Species Colocasia propinquilinea - Closebanded Yellowhorn - Hodges#9185". BugGuide. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
• "931401.00 – 9185 – Colocasia propinquilinea – Closebanded Yellowhorn – (Grote, 1873)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
• Anweiler, G. G. & Robinson, E. "Species Details Colocasia propinquilinea". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 14, 2020.