Moths of North Carolina

Scientific Name:	Common Name:		Family (Alpha):

View PDF	Geometridae Members:	Lobophora Members:	3 NC Records
Lobophora nivigerata Walker, 1862 - Powdered Bigwing Moth

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Taxonomy

Superfamily: Geometroidea

Family: Geometridae

Subfamily: Larentiinae

Tribe: Lobophorini

P3 Number: 91a0127

MONA Number: 7640.00

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)	Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.

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: Our one record for this species comes from an upland site that lacks Populus but is located uphill from a branch of the New River where Poplars have been observed

Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed mainly on Poplar but also on Willow to a lesser extent (Wagner et al., 2001) - View

Wikipedia

See also Habitat Account for General Poplar Forests

Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status:

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 S1S3

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

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Lobophora nivigerata Walker, 1862 - Powdered Bigwing Moth