Moths of North Carolina
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18 NC Records

Xanthotype attenuaria Swett, 1918 - No Common Name

Xanthotype attenuaria
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Taxonomy
Superfamily: Geometroidea Family: GeometridaeSubfamily: EnnominaeTribe: AngeroniniP3 Number: 91a1224 MONA Number: 6744.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLDTechnical Description, Adults: Rindge (1978)                                                                                 
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable only by close inspection of structural features or by DNA analysis.
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)

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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Our records come primarily from mesic and bottomland hardwood forests in the Coastal Plain
Larval Host Plants: Apparently unrecorded (Rindge, 1978) - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for Coastal Plain Wet-Mesic Forests
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:

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Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-04-29
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-04-29
Wilson Co.
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Recorded by: Paul Scharf on 2010-09-11
Warren Co.
Comment: 		Recorded by: Paul Scharf on 2010-09-10
Warren Co.
Comment: Confirmed via specimen by Bo Sullivan