Moths of North Carolina
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Americerura scitiscripta (Walker, 1865) - Black-etched Prominent

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Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea		 Family:
Notodontidae		Subfamily:
Notodontinae		Tribe:
Dicranurini		P3 Number:
930030		 MONA Number:
7942.00		 MONA Synonym:
Tecmessa scitiscripta
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.
Americerura scitiscriptaAlamance 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.
Immature 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: immatures.
Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Our records come from both lake and river shorelines.
Larval Host Plants: Larvae feed on willows and poplars (Wagner, 2005). In the Southeast, willows are the primary hosts, particularly Black Willow (Salix nigra) and Coastal Plain Willow (Salix carolininana) (Miller et al., 2018). We have records of larvae feeding on both of these willow species in North Carolina. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for Shoreline Shrublands
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.
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 Photo Gallery for Americerura scitiscripta - Black-etched Prominent

Photos: 14
Americerura scitiscriptaRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2024-06-02
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Americerura scitiscriptaRecorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-09-04
Orange Co.
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Americerura scitiscriptaRecorded by: David George on 2022-08-29
Durham Co.
Comment: on Salix nigra		Americerura scitiscriptaRecorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2022-08-19
Orange Co.
Comment: on Salix caroliniana
Americerura scitiscriptaRecorded by: Stephen Dunn on 2022-08-19
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Americerura scitiscriptaRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2022-06-01
Wake Co.
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Americerura scitiscriptaRecorded by: Dean Furbish on 2022-06-01
Wake Co.
Comment: 		Americerura scitiscriptaRecorded by: Darryl Willis on 2021-08-11
Cabarrus Co.
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Americerura scitiscriptaRecorded by: Darryl Willis on 2021-07-21
Cabarrus Co.
Comment: 		Americerura scitiscriptaRecorded by: David L. Heavner on 2019-07-15
Buncombe Co.
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Americerura scitiscriptaRecorded by: Julie Tuttle on 2019-05-23
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Americerura scitiscriptaRecorded by: Julie Tuttle on 2019-05-23
Chatham Co.
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Americerura scitiscriptaRecorded by: K. Bischof on 2016-05-31
Burke Co.
Comment: 		Americerura scitiscriptaRecorded by: Paul Scharf on 2012-06-15
Warren Co.
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