Moths of North Carolina
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View PDFGeometridae Members: Euchlaena Members: 2 NC Records

Euchlaena milnei McDunnough, 1945 - Milne's Euchlaena

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Geometroidea		 Family:
Geometridae		Subfamily:
Ennominae		Tribe:
Angeronini		P3 Number:
91a1218		 MONA Number:
6738.00
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, BOLDTechnical Description, Adults: Forbes (1948); Schweitzer et al. (2011)Technical Description, Immature Stages: Schweitzer et al. (2011)                                                                                 
Adult Markings: A yellow and brown Euchlaena with a distinctive, acutely angled antemedian line that is straight above and below the point; other species of Euchlaena have a much more rounded antemedian with at most a small tooth (Forbes, 1948). The median area is yellow but heavily suffused with brown towards the base; the subterminal area is a dark, chocolate brown.
Adult Structural Features: Male genitalia are described in a key given by Forbes (1948)
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Immatures and Development: A larva illustrated in Schweitzer et al. (2011) is a grayish-brown twig mimic. No technical description was given, however.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution: Currently known in North Carolina from two sites in the Mountains, one at fairly high elevation.
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Euchlaena milneiAlamance 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.