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Habrosyne gloriosa (Guenée, 1852) - Glorious Habrosyne

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Drepanoidea		 Family:
Thyatiridae		Subfamily:
Thyratirinae		Tribe:
Habrosynini		P3 Number:
850004		 MONA Number:
6236.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLDTechnical Description, Adults: Forbes (1923, as Habrosyne rectangula)                                                                                 
Adult Markings: Very similar to Habrosyne scripta, which is much more common. Differs in the course of the white band bordering the posterior end of the dark basal patch: in gloriosa it has a more stair-step course, with a right angle bend in the middle; in scripta it has a more slanting, oblique course with only a minor bend in the middle (Forbes, 1924). The white subterminal band is also usually straight in gloriosa but arched in scripta (J.B. Sullivan, pers. obs.).
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Habrosyne gloriosaAlamance 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%20Hanover 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)

Click on graph to enlarge 		Image showing flight dates by month for High Mountains greater than 4,000 feet, Low Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain: adults.
Habitats and Life History
Habitats:
Larval Host Plants: Larvae are apparently monophagous on Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) (Wheeler & Hoebeke, 1985), but there is also a BugGuide record for a larva on honeysuckle (Gouvernement du Québec, 2020). We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for Ninebark Thickets
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: [W-PK]
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR SNR [S2S3]
State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
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 Photo Gallery for Habrosyne gloriosa - Glorious Habrosyne

Photos: 7
Habrosyne gloriosaRecorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-08-28
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Habrosyne gloriosaRecorded by: tom ward on 2022-07-28
Buncombe Co.
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Habrosyne gloriosaRecorded by: Patrick and Megan Blythe on 2019-05-24
Macon Co.
Comment: 		Habrosyne gloriosaRecorded by: Patrick and Megan Blythe on 2019-05-24
Macon Co.
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Habrosyne gloriosaRecorded by: David L. Heavner on 2019-04-23
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Habrosyne gloriosaRecorded by: Doug Blatny/Jackie Nelson on 2012-07-25
Ashe Co.
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Habrosyne gloriosaRecorded by: Doug Blatny/Jackie Nelson on 2012-07-25
Ashe Co.
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