Moths of North Carolina
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Entephria lagganata Taylor, 1908 - No Common Name

Entephria lagganata
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Geometroidea		 Family:
Geometridae		Subfamily:
Larentiinae		Tribe:
Hydriomenini		P3 Number:
91a0538		 MONA Number:
7303.00
Comments: One of 44 species in this genus that occur worldwide and one of 11 that occur in North America (Troubridge, 1997). Nearctic species in this genus are mainly found in the far north and west, with only E. separata, aurata, and lagganata recorded in the East.
Species Status: Our record for lagganata represents a major disjunction, with the next nearest known populations occurring in Ohio and the center of its range located in western Canada (Moth Photographers Group, 2019. The type locality is Laggan, Alberta, from elevations ranging from 5,700 to 7,000 ft (Taylor, 1907)
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD                                                                                 
Adult Markings: The markings are a pale yellowish brown. The crosslines are very fine and the central and submarginal areas are not noticeably darker than the rest of the wing (Taylor, 1907).
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Entephria lagganataAlamance 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%20Hanover 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.
Habitats and Life History
Habitats:
Larval Host Plants: The hosts are apparently undocumented. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for Spruce-Fir Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: [SR]
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR SNR [SH]
State Protection:
Comments: Like Entephria separata, this species appears to be an extreme Pleistocene relict, recorded at only a single high elevation site in North Carolina and, again like separata, is known from only from a single specimen collected over thirty years ago. This species appears to be one of the rarest of the rare moths of North Carolina and one of the most likely to be imperiled by global climate change if, in fact, it still exists in this state.

 Photo Gallery for Entephria lagganata - None

Photos: 1
Entephria lagganataRecorded by: Tom Neal on 1988-07-07
Mitchell Co.
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