Moths of North Carolina
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188 NC Records

Protolampra brunneicollis (Grote, 1865) - Brown-collared Dart Moth


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Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: NoctuidaeSubfamily: NoctuinaeTribe: NoctuiniP3 Number: 933649.00 MONA Number: 11006.00
Comments: The genus is Holarctic, with one species in Eurasia and two species in North America, one of which is is widely distributed in North Carolina. The genus is related to Abagrotis.
Species Status: A specimen from North Carolina has been barcoded and is similar to those from throughout the range which show little haplotype variation.
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLDTechnical Description, Adults: Forbes (1954, as Noctua brunneicollis); Lafontaine (1998)Technical Description, Immature Stages: Wagner et al. (2011)                                                                                 
Adult Markings: Our species is a moderately large noctuid with a dark brown thoracic collar and head. Forewings are uniformly light brown to slightly mottled, with a dark subterminal mark on the costa. Hindwings are unusually broad and pearly in color.
Wingspan: 33-38 mm (Forbes, 1954)
Adult Structural Features: The male and female genitalia are distinct and distinguish our species from the other North American member of this genus, P. rufrufipectus, which has been taken occasionally in the east north of North Carolina (see Lafontaine, 1998).
Structural photos
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Immatures and Development: Larvae are grayish brown cutworms with a pattern of dark sub-dorsal spots and lateral lines (see illustration in Wagner et al., 2011). Similar to the larvae of other darts.
Larvae ID Requirements: Identifiable only through rearing to adulthood.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution: Found from the western Coastal Plain to the higher mountains
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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