Moths of North Carolina

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Ellida caniplaga (Walker, 1856) - Linden Prominent

Taxonomy

Superfamily:
Noctuoidea

Family:
Notodontidae

Subfamily:
Periergosinae

P3 Number:
930051

MONA Number:
7930.00

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: Mesic hardwood forests (Miller et al., 2018). Our records come almost entirely from cove forests in the Mountains.

Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on American Basswood (Tilia americana) (Wagner, 2005; Miller et al., 2018). - View

Wikipedia

See also Habitat Account for Rich Dry-Mesic Hardwood Forests

Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status:

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [S3S4]

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

Comments:

Photo Gallery for Ellida caniplaga - Linden Prominent

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

	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2025-07-29 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2025-05-18 Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2025-05-18 Buncombe Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2025-04-19 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-07-14 Watauga Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2024-06-25 McDowell Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Chuck Smith on 2024-06-20 Watauga Co. Comment:		Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-06-10 Chatham Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-06-01 Chatham Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2024-05-16 Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Mark Basinger and Becky Elkin on 2024-05-16 Buncombe Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-05-14 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2024-05-12 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2024-05-02 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2024-04-16 Buncombe Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Emily Stanley on 2024-04-02 Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: tom ward on 2024-03-21 Buncombe Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Owen McConnell on 2023-08-14 Graham Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-08-06 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2023-07-27 Buncombe Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jeff Niznik, Stephen Dunn on 2023-07-26 Chatham Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jeff Niznik, Stephen Dunn on 2023-07-26 Chatham Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka, Becky Elkin and Tony McBride on 2023-07-23 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: David George on 2023-06-16 Avery Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-04-28 Madison Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Richard Teper on 2022-06-29 Avery Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-06-08 Buncombe Co. Comment:		Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2022-05-20 Madison Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-03-30 Buncombe Co. Comment:		Recorded by: tom ward on 2021-08-13 Buncombe Co. Comment: