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{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
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{{Speciesbox
| image = Allotria elonympha.jpg
| genus = Allotria
| species = elonympha
| parent_authority = ([[Jacob Hübner|Hübner]], 1818)
| authority = Hübner, [1823]
| synonyms = *''Ephesia elonympha'' <small>Hübner, 1818</small>
}}
'''''Allotria''''' is a [[monotypic]] [[moth]] genus in the family [[Erebidae]]. Its only species, '''''Allotria elonympha''''', the '''false underwing moth''', is found in eastern North America. Both the genus and the species were [[Species description|first described]] by [[Jacob Hübner]], the genus in 1823 and the species in 1818.<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=July 6, 2019 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/erebinae/allotria/ |title=''Allotria'' Hübner, [1823] |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=December 15, 2019}}</ref>
The [[wingspan]] is 33–44&nbsp;mm. Adults are on wing from March to September.
The larvae feed on various deciduous trees, such as black gum (''[[Nyssa sylvatica]]''), hickory and walnut.
==References==
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*{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Noctuidae&sort=GENUS |title=Search results Family: Noctuidae |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=[[Natural History Museum, London]]}}
==External links==
*{{cite web |last=Cotinis |date=March 9, 2018 |url=http://bugguide.net/node/view/10556 |title=Species ''Allotria elonympha'' - False Underwing - Hodges#8721 |website=BugGuide |accessdate=October 23, 2019}}
*{{cite web |url=http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8721 |title=930962.00 – 8721 – ''Allotria elonympha'' – False Underwing Moth – (Hübner, 1818) |website=North American Moth Photographers Group |publisher=Mississippi State University |accessdate=October 23, 2019}} With images.
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[[Category:Poaphilini]]
[[Category:Moths of North America]]
[[Category:Monotypic moth genera]]
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