Moths of North Carolina
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2 NC Records

Euchlaena milnei McDunnough, 1945 - Milne's Euchlaena

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Taxonomy
Superfamily: Geometroidea Family: GeometridaeSubfamily: EnnominaeTribe: AngeroniniP3 Number: 911163.00 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 Photographs: 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.
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Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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