Moths of North Carolina
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Apodrepanulatrix liberaria (Walker, 1860) - Barrens Carpet

Apodrepanulatrix liberariaApodrepanulatrix liberaria
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Geometroidea		 Family:
Geometridae		Subfamily:
Ennominae		Tribe:
Caberini		P3 Number:
91a1104		 MONA Number:
6693.00		 Other Common Name:
New Jersey Tea Inchworm
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Apodrepanulatrix liberariaAlamance 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: One of our two records comes from a yard in a rural area in the Asheville Basin where New Jersey Tea was growing in the immediate vicinity along a forest edge. This is one of the driest areas in the state and supports a substantial amount of dry woodland habitats. The other site contains an example of Ultramafic Outcrop Barrens, supporting a open, prairie or savanna-like vegetation. A population of Mottled Duskywing has also been recorded at this site, indicating the presence of the host plant used by both of these species, Ceanothus americana.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae appear to be monophagous on New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americana) (Wagner et al., 2001). - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for Ceanothus Thickets
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: [SR]
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G3 SNR [S1]
State Protection:
Comments: As with other species associated with New Jersey Tea, this species appears to be under severe threat due to overgrazing by White-tailed Deer. At the site where this species was found in Madison County, 2020, White-tailed Deer have dramatically reduced the number of Ceanothus plants on the property.

 Photo Gallery for Apodrepanulatrix liberaria - Barrens Carpet

Photos: 2
Apodrepanulatrix liberariaRecorded by: Bo Sullivan, Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2023-09-15
Clay Co.
Comment: 		Apodrepanulatrix liberariaRecorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-09-23
Madison Co.
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