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:
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Apodrepanulatrix liberaria
Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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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.

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