Raphia elbea Taxonomy and biogeography of the Nearctic Raphia Huebner (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Raphiinae) Schmidt, B. Christian Anweiler, Gary G. ZooKeys 2014 2014-06-27 421 91 113 2BFF205E-4211-5E91-8BAA-96370CE26F06 Smith Smith 2014 Schmidt & Anweiler 2014 Insecta Noctuidae Raphia CoL Animalia Raphia frater subsp. elbea Lepidoptera 14 105 Arthropoda subSpecies frater stat. n. elbea   Raphia elbeaSmith, 1908  Type material. A male lectotype was designated by Todd (1982)[AMNH]. Type locality: Deming, [Luna Co.,], New Mexico [USA].  Diagnosis and description.    Raphiafrater elbeais most similar to the pale yellowish-ochre forms of  Raphia frater coloradensis, but differ from that subspecies in having both the costal and reniform dark patches more prominent; when present, the black medio-anal patch is also darker and more elongate; additionally,  Raphia frater elbeaappears to exhibit a unique, divergent mtDNA haplotype group.  Biology and distribution. This subspecies occurs from southeastern Utah and western New Mexico southward through Arizona into northern Mexico. In southeastern Arizona it occurs in riparian areas in association with the larval host,  Populus fremonti. Flight records are from February to October, with most being from March to May and August to September, indicating at least two generations annually.