Moths of North Carolina

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Euchlaena effecta (Walker, 1860) - Effective Euchlaena

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Taxonomy

Superfamily: Geometroidea	Family: Geometridae	Subfamily: Ennominae	Tribe: Angeronini	P3 Number: 91a1208	MONA Number: 6728.00
Comments: One of sixteen species in this genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (Pohl et al., 2016), twelve of which have been recorded in North Carolina

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions:	Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD	Technical Description, Adults: Forbes (1948)
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.

Distribution in North Carolina


Distribution:
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Flight Dates: High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft. Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft. Piedmont (Pd) Coastal Plain (CP) Click on graph to enlarge

Habitats and Life History

Habitats:

Larval Host Plants: Reported hosts include Sweet-fern (Comptonia peregrina), White Ash (Fraxinus americana), Black Cherry (Prunus serotina), Choke Cherry (P. virginiana), rose (Rosa), willow (Salix), meadowsweet (Spiraea), blueberry (Vaccinium), and Chinese Wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) (Craighead et al., 1950; Robinson et al., 2010). - View

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Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status:

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [SU]

State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.

Comments: We have only one historic record for this species. It is likely to be either a rare stray to our area or was misidentified.

Euchlaena effecta (Walker, 1860) - Effective Euchlaena