Moths of North Carolina
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Lipocosmodes fuliginosalis (Fernald, 1888) - Sooty Lipocosmodes

Lipocosmodes fuliginosalisLipocosmodes fuliginosalisLipocosmodes fuliginosalisLipocosmodes fuliginosalis
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Pyraloidea		 Family:
Crambidae		Subfamily:
Glaphyriinae		Tribe:
[Glaphyriini]		P3 Number:
80a1214		 MONA Number:
4888.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLDTechnical Description, Adults: Munroe (1972)                                                                                 
Adult Markings: In this species the forewing is mostly fuscous, with whitish coloration typically limited to the wing base, in the apical and terminal areas, and narrowly along the costa (Munroe, 1972). The antemedial and postmedial lines are obscure and fuscous, and there are areas of raised scales on the discocellular and behind the end of the cell. The hindwing has the anterior part light gray, with the remainder largely fuscous. A dark postmedial line is present at around two-thirds the wing length, and a pale bar is just basal to the anal angle and separates the medial from the postmedial tufts of dark raised scales.
Wingspan: 5-6 mm (Munroe, 1972).
Adult Structural Features: Munroe (1972) has descriptions of the male and female genitalia.
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Immatures and Development: The larval life history is undocumented.
Larvae ID Requirements: Identifiable only through rearing to adulthood.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution: Lipocosmodes fuliginosalis is found in eastern North America, including southern Canada (Winnepeg; Ontario; Quebec) and much of the eastern U.S. from Maine and other New England states southward to southern Florida and westward to central Texas, eastern Oklahoma, eastern Nebraska and Minnesota. We have records from all three physiographic provinces, but with relatively few from the Coastal Plain and Blue Ridge.
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Lipocosmodes fuliginosalisAlamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Davidson Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Martin McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash New Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Swain Transylvania Tyrrell Union Vance Wake Warren Washington Watauga Wayne Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancey
Flight Dates:
High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
Piedmont (Pd)
Coastal Plain (CP)

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