Moths of North Carolina
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67 NC Records

Crocigrapha normani (Grote, 1874) - Norman's Quaker Moth


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Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: NoctuidaeSubfamily: NoctuinaeTribe: OrthosiiniP3 Number: 932784.00 MONA Number: 10501.00
Comments: This genus may be close to some of the western species in Egira but contains a single species found mostly in the eastern half of North American and in North Carolina.
Species Status: Specimens from North Carolina have been studied and form a distinct clade with a specimen from Kentucky; this clade differs considerably from that containing specimens from Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and eastern Canada. Whether or not our species is distinct (and thus new) remains to be proved.
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLDTechnical Description, Adults: Forbes (1954)Technical Description, Immature Stages: Forbes (1954); Wagner et al. (2011)                                                                                 
Adult Markings: Pattern fairly distinct and unlikely to be confused with other species when fresh. Worn specimens possibly confused with species of Orthosia. Sexes are similar.
Adult Structural Features: Both male and female genitalia are distinct and unlikely to be confused with those species which have similar maculations.
Structural photos
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Immatures and Development: Larvae are reddish-brown with no distinguishing markings on the body but with one or two pair of dark spots on the head (see Wagner et al, 2011, for illustrations and a detailed description).
Larvae ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos, especially where associated with known host plants.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution: One of the most common spring species in the Mountains and at Hanging Rock State Park in the Piedmont. We have fewer records from elsewhere in the Piedmont but from sites all the way to the Fall-line. In the Coastal Plain, we only have records from brownwater river floodplains.
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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