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Euchlaena tigrinaria (Guenée, [1858]) - Mottled Euchlaena

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Geometroidea		 Family:
Geometridae		Subfamily:
Ennominae		Tribe:
Angeronini		P3 Number:
91a1217		 MONA Number:
6737.00
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: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
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.
Euchlaena tigrinariaAlamance 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)

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: North Carolina records come from montane forests, including hardwoods and Spruce-Fir.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae are polyphagous, feeding on birch (Betula), hazelnut (Corylus), oak (Quercus), poplar (Populus), serviceberry (Amelanchier), willow (Salix), and probably many other hardwood trees and shrubs; pine (Pinus) is also used (Wagner et al., 2001). We do not have any feeding records in North Carolina. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Montane Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [S3S4]
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 Euchlaena tigrinaria - Mottled Euchlaena

Photos: 20
Euchlaena tigrinaria
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2025-06-25
Mitchell Co.
Comment: 		Euchlaena tigrinaria
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2025-06-25
Mitchell Co.
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Euchlaena tigrinaria
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-06-23
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Euchlaena tigrinaria
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Mark Basinger on 2025-06-23
Buncombe Co.
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Euchlaena tigrinaria
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2024-06-25
McDowell Co.
Comment: 		Euchlaena tigrinaria
Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2024-06-25
Yancey Co.
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Euchlaena tigrinaria
Recorded by: Owen McConnell & Simpson Eason on 2024-06-21
Graham Co.
Comment: 		Euchlaena tigrinaria
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-06-19
Madison Co.
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Euchlaena tigrinaria
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2024-06-19
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Euchlaena tigrinaria
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2023-06-25
Buncombe Co.
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Euchlaena tigrinaria
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2023-06-25
Buncombe Co.
Comment: 		Euchlaena tigrinaria
Recorded by: Richard Teper on 2022-06-29
Avery Co.
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Euchlaena tigrinaria
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2022-06-14
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Euchlaena tigrinaria
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-06-13
Madison Co.
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Euchlaena tigrinaria
Recorded by: K. Bischof on 2019-07-04
Yancey Co.
Comment: 		Euchlaena tigrinaria
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-06-25
Madison Co.
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Euchlaena tigrinaria
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-06-24
Madison Co.
Comment: 		Euchlaena tigrinaria
Recorded by: B. Bockhahn, K. Kittelberger, P. Scharf on 2015-06-18
Avery Co.
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Euchlaena tigrinaria
Recorded by: B. Bockhahn, P. Scharf, K. Kittelberger on 2015-06-18
Avery Co.
Comment: 		Euchlaena tigrinaria
Recorded by: B. Bockhahn, P. Scharf, P, K. Kittelberger on 2014-06-09
Avery Co.
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