Moths of North Carolina
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3 NC Records

Lobophora nivigerata Walker, 1862 - Powdered Bigwing Moth


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Taxonomy
Superfamily: Geometroidea Family: GeometridaeSubfamily: LarentiinaeTribe: LobophoriniP3 Number: 910481.00 MONA Number: 7640.00
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Photographs: 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)

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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
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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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