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Tolype notialis Franclemont, 1973 - Small Tolype

Taxonomy

Superfamily:
Bombycoidea

Family:
Lasiocampidae

Subfamily:
Macromphaliinae

P3 Number:
870025

MONA Number:
7674.00

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)

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

Adult Markings: Strongly patterned in pure white and dark gray. The head, sides of the thorax, and legs are covered with long fluffy white scales. The disc of the thorax is contrastingly black. The forewings are banded with dark gray with intervening narrower bands of paler gray; the veins are white. In this species, the subterminal and medial dark band are often concolorous. Tolype velleda is similar in color and pattern but is much larger. The subterminal band is usually broader in that species and less undulating than in notialis (Covell, 1984). Tolype laricis and T. minta are similar in size to notialis but with much of the pattern obscured by black in laricis and much paler in minta.

Wingspan: 26-39 mm (Covell, 1984)

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: The vast majority of our records come from the Coastal Plain where all pine-containing habitats appear to be used, including Longleaf Pine savannas, flatwoods, and sand ridges; Pond Pine woodlands; and bottomlands and non-riverine swamps where Loblolly is the dominant pine. Piedmont records all come from mesic sites where Loblolly again is the predominant pine. In the Mountains, records also come from mesic sites, including cove forests and high elevation forests; either White Pine or Eastern Hemlock seem likely to be the hosts in these areas.

Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on conifers (Covell, 1984). Pines are the most likely hosts over most of the state. On BugGuide, George Smiley has records for larvae reared from Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) in Texas. - View

Wikipedia

See also Habitat Account for General Pine Forests and Woodlands

Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status:

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G4G5 SNR [S4S5]

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

Comments:

Photo Gallery for Tolype notialis - Small Tolype

92 photos are available. Only the most recent 30 are shown.

	Recorded by: R. Newman on 2025-09-13 Carteret Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Allison Garton on 2025-08-29 Moore Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2025-08-25 Wake Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2025-08-02 Richmond Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Sarah Toner on 2025-07-22 Tyrrell Co. Comment: iNat record		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-07-09 Brunswick Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2025-06-19 Durham Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Allison Garton on 2025-06-06 Moore Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: B. Bockhahn on 2025-06-03 Currituck Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-06-01 Brunswick Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-05-31 Brunswick Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka, 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: Jim Petranka on 2024-10-31 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2024-09-21 Buncombe Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-09-08 Wilson Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-09-08 Wilson Co. Comment:		Recorded by: David George on 2024-07-25 Durham Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-07-16 Wilson Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-07-16 Wilson Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-07-10 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-07-06 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-06-07 Wake Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-03-12 Wake Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-03-12 Wake Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-03-12 Wake Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-07-26 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2023-06-24 Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2023-06-24 Buncombe Co. Comment:		Recorded by: John Petranka, Chuck Smith on 2023-05-12 Bladen Co. Comment: