Moths of North Carolina

Scientific Name:	Common Name:		Family (Alpha):

View PDF	Geometridae Members:	Xanthotype Members:	30 NC Records
Xanthotype rufaria Swett, 1918 - Rufous Geometer Moth

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Taxonomy

Superfamily: Geometroidea

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Ennominae

Tribe: Angeronini

P3 Number: 91a1222

MONA Number: 6742.00

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984)	Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable only by close inspection of structural features or by DNA analysis.

Distribution in North Carolina


Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.


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: North Carolina records come from open, herb-dominated wetlands, shrubby peatlands, and both bottomland and dry stands of hardwoods in the Coastal Plain and from cove forests and high elevation forests in the mountains.

Larval Host Plants: Apparently not recorded (Rindge, 1978) - View

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Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status:

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: [GNR] S3S4

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

Comments:

Xanthotype rufaria Swett, 1918 - Rufous Geometer Moth