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Lobocleta plemyraria (Guenée, [1858]) - Straight-lined Wave

Taxonomy

Superfamily:
Geometroidea

Family:
Geometridae

Subfamily:
Sterrhinae

Tribe:
Sterrhini

P3 Number:
91a0047

MONA Number:
7097.00

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984)

Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD

Adult Structural Features: Males have pectinate antennae instead of the fasciculate antennae typical of other members of this genus (Forbes, 1948)

Structural photos

Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.

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) Click on graph to enlarge

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Almost all of our records for this species come from dry-xeric sand ridges in the Coastal Plain. One Piedmont record comes from dry woodlands on a monadnock.

Larval Host Plants: Reported to feed on Euphorbia albomarginata, a Southwestern species (Robinson et al., 2010) and Chamaesyce, another western spurge (Powell & Opler, 2009). Xerophytic members of the Euphorbiaceae are also common members of the sandhill communities of the Southeast and may be used here as well. - View

Wikipedia

See also Habitat Account for Dry-Xeric Sand Barrens and Glades

Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status: [W-PK]

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G2G4 SNR [S2S3]

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

Comments:

Photo Gallery for Lobocleta plemyraria - Straight-lined Wave

Photos: 4

	Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Rob Van Epps, Kevin Metcalf on 2025-07-20 Richmond Co. Comment:		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2025-05-24 Richmond Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2025-05-24 Richmond Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Stephen Hall; Brian Bockhahn; Paul Scharf on 2016-07-21 Stokes Co. Comment: