Kebnat
INSECTS

Variegated Midget

Elaphria versicolor

Insects
Native
Variegated Midget, photo 1 of 5
Variegated Midget, Caterpillar
Variegated Midget, Caterpillar

Butterfly or moth in the family Noctuidae.

There are 241 observations of Variegated Midget in Québec, mostly in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Montérégie and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in 15 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and become rare from September to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Abitibi-Témiscamingue52
  2. Montérégie46
  3. Capitale-Nationale34
  4. Estrie31
  5. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine24
  6. Outaouais13
  7. Montréal9
  8. Bas-Saint-Laurent8
  9. Mauricie6
  10. Chaudière-Appalaches5
  11. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean5
  12. Laurentides3
  13. Lanaudière2
  14. Centre-du-Québec2
  15. Nord-du-Québec1

What the caterpillar eats

Balsam firAbies balsamea
Norway sprucePicea abies
Red sprucePicea rubens
Norway pinePinus resinosa
Eastern white pinePinus strobus
Yellow birchBetula alleghaniensis
Black Hills sprucePicea glauca
ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis
Paper birchBetula papyrifera
Jack pinePinus banksiana
Scots pinePinus sylvestris
TamarackLarix laricina

Similar species

Pale-winged MidgetElaphria alapallida
Gray Marvel MothAnterastria teratophora
Grateful MidgetElaphria grata
American Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidoides
Broken-lined Brocade MothMesapamea fractilinea
Small Brown QuakerPseudorthodes vecors
Dark-spotted Palthis MothPalthis angulalis
Bristly Cutworm MothLacinipolia renigera