Moths of North Carolina
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10 NC Records

Cisthene tenuifascia Harvey, 1875 - Thin-banded Lichen Moth


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Taxonomy
Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: ErebidaeSubfamily: ArctiinaeTribe: LithosiiniP3 Number: 930183.00 MONA Number: 8066.00
Comments: One of twenty species in this genus that occur in North America, five of which have been recorded in North Carolina
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984)Online Photographs: MPG, BugGuide, GBIF, BOLDTechnical Description, Adults: Forbes (1960)Technical Description, Immature Stages: (None)                                                                                 
Adult Markings: Blackish brown with an orange line along the inner margin that strongly narrows before it reaches a similar line that crosses the postmedian area of the forewing; hindwing is mainly pink with a dark apex; males have a well-developed lobe at the anal margin of the hindwing that is missing in other members of this genus (Forbes, 1960). Similar to C. kentuckiensis but the line along the inner margin in that species is confluent with postmedian band.
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Immatures and Development: Descriptions of the larvae are apparently unavailable.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution: Records exist only from the eastern Piedmont and Coastal Plain
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Flight Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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