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Chytolita sp. 1 Grote, 1880 - No Common Name

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Taxonomy
Family:
Erebidae		P3 Number:
930502.10		 MONA Number:
8356.10
Species Status: Chytolita petrealis is currently treated by some authorities to be a synonym of C. morbidalis, following determination that the type of C. petrealis was actually C. morbidalis. Prior to that realization, however, the name C. petrealis had been applied to a distinct and much rarer species in the Southeast. The authors who sunk C. petrealis did not realize this, so our C. petrealis (here referred to as 'Chytolita sp. 1') has no name at the moment. To make things more complicated, there is another undescribed species like it from the mountains (referred to here as 'Chytolita sp. 2') that has only a few records as of 2024. The C. petrealis that has been most widely recognized is present primarily in the Coastal Plain and eastern Piedmont (J.B. Sullivan, pers. obs.).
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Beadle and Leckie (2012)Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLDTechnical Description, Immature Stages: Wagner et al. (2011)                                                                                 
Wingspan: 22-30 mm (Forbes, 1954)
Genitalia and other structural photos
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from photos showing hindwings, abdomen, or other specialized views [e.g., frons, palps, antennae, undersides].
Larvae ID Requirements: Identifiable only through rearing to adulthood.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Chytolita sp. 1Alamance 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 Hanover 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.
Habitats and Life History
Habitats: The majority of our records come from swamp and floodplain forests, forested shorelines, as well as peatlands and other wet forests.
Larval Host Plants: Host plants are apparently unknown. - View
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for General Wet Hardwood Forests
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR SNR [S4S5]
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 Chytolita sp. 1 - No common name

 58 photos are available. Only the most recent 30 are shown.
Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-09-12
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-06-21
Wilson Co.
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Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2025-06-21
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2025-04-22
Orange Co.
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Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: Jeff Niznik on 2025-04-22
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: Dean Furbish, Lior S. Carlson on 2024-08-14
Pamlico Co.
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Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik, Patrick Coin, Steve Hall, Carol Tingley, Tom Howard on 2024-07-27
Chatham Co.
Comment: 		Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2024-07-08
Chatham Co.
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Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-05-09
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-04-30
Wilson Co.
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Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: Mark Basinger on 2024-04-30
Wilson Co.
Comment: 		Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2023-09-04
Madison Co.
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Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: David George on 2023-08-25
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-08-18
Orange Co.
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Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-08-18
Caswell Co.
Comment: 		Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-08-18
Orange Co.
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Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2023-08-10
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: Lenny Lampel on 2023-07-28
Mecklenburg Co.
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Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-24
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-19
Durham Co.
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Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-07-13
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-06-18
Orange Co.
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Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-06-18
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-06-14
Orange Co.
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Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-06-14
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: David George, Stephen Dunn, Jeff Niznik on 2023-06-03
Orange Co.
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Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-05-23
Orange Co.
Comment: 		Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: Stephen Hall on 2023-05-21
Orange Co.
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Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: Simpson Eason on 2023-05-11
Durham Co.
Comment: 		Chytolita sp. 1
Recorded by: Steve Hall, David George, Jeff Niznik on 2023-04-29
Orange Co.
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